Around 4,000 years ago, women in Nubia were using tumplines, a form of head strap, to carry around goods and young children.

These are wooden sailing vessels like the one fictional detective Hercule Poirot sailed on Death On The Nile. This is a ...

With a growing number of younger travellers opting to take cruises and following a record year for passenger volumes, some ...

The people of Batticaloa had learnt to live with a mix of religions and people. On the Christian side were the Jesuit Fathers ...

From 6000 BC, the Chinese harvested salt crystals from Lake Yungchen which partially dried in the summer sun. Many other ...

As Eid al-Fitr approaches, the excitement across Egypt is palpable. With just days to go, families, businesses, and entire ...

A community in northern Vietnam got to test their archaeological skills when a fish pond construction project turned into an excavation following the discovery of buried ancient boats. Members of ...

A boat is being unearthed. Each boat measures approximately 16 metres in length and up to 2 metres in width. (Photo: VNA) Two ancient boats discovered during the excavation of a fish pond in the Red ...