When I heard that recently Thailand captivated the world in Lonely Planet’s 2025 Best In Travel, naming Chiang Mai A Top Global City, I made up my mind. It was time for a visit. This travel guide book ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

The world’s oldest map, a 3,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet known as the Imago Mundi, may reveal the location of an […] ...

In April, an exhibition will showcase some 100 'miraculously saved' artifacts that have been stored in Geneva since 2007.

In my experience, the Chinese New Year — both in China and in the UK — involves plenty of food, family time, laughter and ...

Casanova was a cynical seducer, but also studied law, took holy orders, played the violin and carried out Venice’s most ...

Born and raised in Lagos, Lisa Folawiyo has spent her career celebrating the craftsmanship of her Nigerian heritage by ...

Last of three parts WE conclude the series of excerpts from "Mga Ibong Mandaragit," the novel of National Artist Amado V.

Stars were "the heavenly writing"; a sheep's liver was "the tablet of the gods". You have a date palm with two tops? People here are hostile to you. Your gate creaks? You're at risk of attack. It was ...

An evangelical Mennonite Bible college in British Columbia that has been accused of mistreating a transgender player says it will no longer be hosting the upcoming men's and women's basketball ...

A STASH of hundreds of Bible-era coins have been found by metal detectors in The Netherlands. The haul of over 400 early Roman-era coins was found near the city of Utrecht, about 30 miles south of ...