Western Xia burial site, recognised for history of cultural fusion, is China’s 60th landmark to earn UN cultural agency ...

Environment Minister Murray Watt hailed the designation by UNESCO while visiting the organisation’s headquarters in Paris.

The United Nations cultural organisation has added a remote Aboriginal site featuring one million carvings that potentially date back 50,000 years to its World Heritage list. Located on the Burrup ...

The crater in Western Australia was identified as the oldest in the world earlier this year, but new research suggests the ...

The long-lost Wonder of the World was rediscovered underwater in 1968. Finally, some of its blocks have been raised to the ...

Many people know the rich and legendary history of Greece. However, who knew that the ancient Greeks originated from numerous tribes?

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

Thirty years after its discovery, pieces of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which stood watch long ago in the harbors of ...

A huge team of experts are working to virtually rebuild the Lighthouse of Alexandria by scanning blocks on the sea floor.

What the ancient world can teach us about death A marble fragment from the front of a third century AD Roman sarcophagus.