Just when you may have thought that archaeologists have discovered all there is to find in Egypt, they uncover something new.

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

There are two types of temples. One is where the moola-virat is ‘swayambhu’, self-formed and self-revealed. The second type of temple is where the vigraha is carved manually and ‘prana pratishta’ is ...

In 1960, a new dam on the Nile threatened Ramses II’s temples at Abu Simbel and other ancient treasures. Here's how the world saved them. Photographed in 1966, faces of three of four colossal statues ...

This is probably one of the most recognised architectural structures in the country. The famous Kailasa Temple is carved entirely out of a single basalt rock. It is one of the most visited and ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

There are some 900 traditional Buddhist temples in South Korea – and around 20,000 in total. A visit to any of these local places of worship – many of them centuries old — can be a humbling, calming ...