Bombay HC directs Maharashtra to protect ancient petroglyphs in Ratnagiri, urging use of ₹4 crore fund for conservation amid ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” ...

East Asian Paleolithic voyagers may have used dugout canoes to cross one of the strongest currents in the world.

Many of the structures scattered throughout the ancient world were put on must-see lists by Hellenistic travelers, since they ...

One reason mapmakers may have done this is to hide their ignorance, says Van Duzer. When the Dutch mapmaker Pieter van den Keere made a world map in 1611 (see above), the interior of North America ...

When and where the earliest modern human populations migrated and settled in East Asia is relatively well known. However, how ...

The publication of the Nomination file, including the maps and names, does not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of the World Heritage Committee or of the Secretariat of UNESCO concerning ...

For one, it has a very long history. Elizabeth Gabay, in her seminal book Rosé: Understanding the pink wine revolution, argues that many of the wines made in ancient times would probably have been ...

Baby names inspired by Greek history and mythology are gaining popularity in the US. From Athena to Zeus, there is a name for ...

World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites ...