Running 26.2 miles sounds miserable to most people, but add a chance to race past ancient temples in Cambodia or alongside giraffes in South Africa, and the whole experience can be worth it. These 10 ...

In an abandoned warehouse in Johannesburg, Prof Grace sets out her high-stakes plan - to break into museums and private ...

From the Andes to the Nile, explore ancient civilisations that remain accessible to travellers, with a focus on heritage and ...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity concludes at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, near Jaffa Gate – the seat of the Melkite community in Jerusalem and one of the most discreet yet ...

Great Lakes Safaris offers a nine-night Uganda Safari including chimpanzee and gorilla tracking, and three nights at Honey Bear Camp, from £5,750 per person. Uganda Airlines flies direct from London ...

Rwanda's formal system of honouring national heroes, which was introduced after the liberation struggle and the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi draws from deep-rooted traditions of recognising courage ...

The US has awarded a $400,000 grant to conserve Sungbo’s Eredo in Ogun State, one of Africa’s largest ancient man-made monuments.

NORMAN, Okla. – Newly published research in Science Advances, led by Jessica Cerezo-Román, at the University of Oklahoma, documents the oldest known cremation in Africa and provides some of the ...

Simon Lamb has received grants from the UK Natural Environment Research Council which has supported this work. His book 'The Oldest Rocks on Earth' is published by Columbia University Press, and he ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 million years ago was Homo erectus. But in recent years, a debate has ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...