Off the southern coast of Tanzania lies a low green island scattered with the ruins of domes, arches, and courtyards built from blocks of coral. For several centuries these were

Far out in the South Pacific, midway between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, a small green island rises from the sea. On its southern shore, where gentle bays meet

On the island of Crete stands Knossos, the labyrinthine palace of the Minoans — Europe’s first civilization. With its bull frescoes, oldest throne in Europe, and running water, it is the real place behind the legend of the Minotaur.

On the island of Crete stand the ruins of Knossos, the great palace of the Minoans and the centre of the first advanced civilisation of Europe. More than three and

In Ireland’s Boyne Valley, beside its famous neighbour Newgrange, stands Knowth: a vast passage tomb with two passages, a ring of satellite tombs, and the greatest concentration of megalithic art in Europe.

Standing dramatically on a bend of the Nile in southern Egypt, the Temple of Kom Ombo is unlike any other. It is a double temple, built with perfect symmetry to

On the Don River, some of Europe’s first modern humans hunted mammoths, carved figurines, and built homes of bone 40,000 years ago.

History and Personality Scientist Aleksandar Kozintsev, son of the famous director and Art Scientist Grigori Kozintsev, donates a very old Kam Drum preserved by his father to the Museum of

On a great hill in the west of Syria, commanding the land for miles around, stands what is widely regarded as the finest and most famous castle ever built by

Some castles are famous for their history, and some for their beauty, but Kronborg is famous for a ghost that never existed. This great Renaissance fortress on the northern tip