Today the world will say its final goodbye to one of the greatest cultural figures – and probably the most charismatic –
Much has been made in the days since the death of Muhammad Ali about the ‘whitewashing’ of his life and legacy.
The Mausoleum of Augustus should probably rank as one of the most significant historical sites in the world. We are referring, after
“Every person has two homelands,” the French archaeologist Andre Parrot once commented; “His own and Syria”. T.E Lawrence (of Arabia), who spent
Tapping into the hype surrounding the return of The X-Files (albeit in limited form for now) to television, the CIA has publicized
A magical star leading three mysterious ‘wise men’ from the East across miles and miles of wilderness to a small, obscure town.
Queen Nefertiti has remained one of the most fascinating, elusive figures from the permanently enchanting world of Ancient Egypt. Her final resting
Let’s please take a moment to pause in respect for Mr Khaled el-Asaad, who has been tortured and beheaded by the foreign-created
In 2008 or 2009, the BBC made a documentary on life inside Libya: I remember it because I watched it at the
On the 70th anniversary of the dropping of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, the world-changing event – which, combined with the bombing