In 1872, British Museum curator George Smith made a discovery that would shake Victorian England's understanding of biblical history. Working late into the London evening, surrounded by fragments of ...

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The Japanese love their sport, and attending a sporting event is a fantastic activity for travellers. International sports ...

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Recent excavations at a 6th-century BC temple in western Greece have unearthed compelling evidence suggesting that some ancient sanctuaries were more than just places of worship. A team of ...

Humans first arrived in Japan around 35,000 BC, eventually giving rise to the remarkable Jomon culture, one of the world’s earliest complex societies.

More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

Japan is marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the government pushes for atomic energy use.

Every working morning, the raft-masters of Japan's Kitayama River build four seven-tonne, 30-metre rafts from about 200 tree trunks bound together with metal wires. Every afternoon, they take them ...

Mushrooms have been used by ancient humans for millennia, but archaeologists have only just uncovered their pivotal role in ...

Warmer waters in the Pacific Ocean may have brought devastating floods to the cradle of ancient Chinese civilization, ...

Discover the beauty of Japan on an 8-night voyage aboard the elegant Island Sky, exploring temples, shrines, gardens, and ...