The barques were loaded. Food, tools and supplies to endure several years beyond the frontiers of the known world. Five thousand crew and six thousand children – reputedly all virgins, the purest ...

From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra, the lost tombs of such historical figures continue to fascinate the public and ...

According to the State Office for Heritage Preservation and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt, the coffin contains "a mixture of ...

Coffin roads were used throughout the Scottish Highlands and Islands to carry caskets on foot to cemeteries with burial rites. Photograph by Paul1982Dutch, Shutterstock. By Andrea Bussell.

Since January 2025, the tomb of Emperor Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral has been the subject of extensive investigations. After the stone sarcophagus was opened in early March 2025, the work ...

The world holds many secrets. Some places are off-limits. Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan is a sacred, unclimbed mountain. Area 51 ...

BY KENNETH EMODI The recent impasse between the Zambian government, led by President Hakainde Hichilema of the ...