The Alhambra is a unique site in the world: a palatial city built between the 13th and 15th centuries by the last of the Muslim kingdoms of Spain. It is the ultimate demonstration of the talents of a people condemned by the Reconquista.

How were the giant stone heads of Rapa Nui – also known as Easter Island – carved and raised, and wh...

The Kush Empire was an ancient superpower that dominated the Nile Valley and rivaled the Egyptians, ...

In northern Peru, the unprecedented archaeological discovery of the largest known mass child sacrifi...

The night of November 8, 1923, is arguably the most significant and transformative in the history of...

The contrast between the majestic statues of Easter Island and the desolation of their surroundings ...

This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bron...


A portrait of Pope Pius XII (1876-1958), head of the Catholic Church from 1939 until his death, who,...


A simple, carved figure bought at an auction in New York leads David Attenborough on a global journe...

Easter Island has long been the subject of curiosity and speculation. A triangle of volcanic rock in...

In 1914 Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition headed for the South Pole and di...