Heraklion From its yacht-decorated Venetian harbour to its lofty walled bastions, Crete’s capital rewards wanderers, and the ...

Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of the three pyramids of Giza.Credit: iStock The pyramids ... these 4500-year-old marvels on the rocky, dusty plateau where Cairo’s hazy sprawl meets the ...

The Great Sphinx sits on the Giza Plateau (about 12 miles southwest of downtown Cairo), where you'll find the Pyramids of Giza and several tombs. Other archeological sites like Saqqara and Memphis ...

Archaeologists recently used a drone to map a sprawling 3,500-year-old fortress in the Caucasus Mountains of southern Georgia ...

Dynasty, indicating that Saqqara was used as a necropolis during the New Kingdom when Memphis was reinstated as the capital ...

It was 10 years ago that Sandra brought objects that had belonged to her parents into the care home. When she put them on the table, they helped trigger memories and conversations. People started ...

Most of Asia's major rivers find their source on the Tibetan plateau. However as the global temperature rises, Tibet’s glaciers are melting and grassland permafrost is thawing at an alarming rate.

Giza Zoo is a popular attraction - but it has been criticised for being substandard A delighted Egyptian girl tosses a handful of fish to the hungry sea lions after her father discreetly hands a ...

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