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Ancient stone pillars and statues in Egypt (Credit: Alamy)
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The female travellers who shaped the ancient world

By Kathleen Sheppard

Is Santa Claus buried in Ireland? (Credit: Carol Di Rienzo Cornwell/Alamy)
Discovery

Is Santa Claus buried in Ireland?

By S.J. Velasquez
Photo of buildings in Kukës
Discovery

One of Europe's least-visited corners

By Richard Collett
(Credit: Heinrich Theodore Frank)
Discovery

The tunnels made by giant sloths

By Sarah Brown
Two hands holding an artifact
In Pictures

The discovery rewriting Europe's past

By Susana Girón
Girl in traditional attire with bow and arrow
Discovery

The powerful women of the Silk Road

By Lina Zeldovich
Ekoin Temple Gate, Koyasan
Videos

Japan's unique form of accommodation

By BBC's The Travel Show
Japanese Taiko drummers playing at the Hamburg Harbor Festival
Videos

A 12,000-year-old sensory experience

By The Travel Show
Man holding a boomerang
Videos

Australia's most iconic invention

By Nylah Lee
Aboriginal elder and three young men hunting with spears
Videos

Australia's first messaging system

By Nylah Lee
Lake Taupo in Taupo, New Zealand
Videos

The super volcano ready to explode

By Nylah Lee
Red hot lava flow with the Litli-Hrútur crater erupting behind
In Pictures

Earth's newest geological marvel

By Sophie Carr
Ocomtún: A long-lost Maya city that was just discovered (Credit: ZRC SAZU)
Lost Civilisations

A long-lost city found in the Americas

By Eliot Stein
What did Stonehenge sound like? (Credit: funkyfood London - Paul Williams/Alamy)
Discovery

A compelling new theory of Stonehenge

By Anna Muckerman
(Credit: Michael Shorey/Enfield Council)
Discovery

The return of London's buried rivers

By Norman Miller
(Credit: Georg Berg/Alamy)
Hidden Britain

A secret site for the Knights Templar?

By Daniel Stables