A 1,400-year-old antique wine press was discovered in central Israel, said Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Monday. This old installation, which is used to produce wine during sixth and seventh century, was found near Kibbutz Hafetz-Haim, south

Machu Picchu, a renowned ancient Inca ruins site, will reopen to the public from April, Peru's Minister of Trade Martin Perez announced on Tuesday. From 1st April we hope to receive millions of tourists who have always come to Cusco, the minister sai

Europa Nostra, Europe's leading federation of NGOs working on cultural heritage will hold a summit in Istanbul between June 8-13, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday. Europa Nostra's volunteer director Orhan Silier said at a

Hollywood horror film lovers now have a chance to take a close look at the real mummies in Los Angeles beginning this summer as the city is chosen to host the first and the largest global traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies, the American E

Peru on Monday started a Week of CAN Andean Culture to publicize the culture and folklore of the region via a film festival and a multinational seminar. The five-day culture week, known as Mirror 2010, runs till Friday in Lima with the participation

Mexican archeologists have found at least 500 stone and ceramic pieces of the pre-Hispanic colonial era in the Chichimeca region of San Luis Potosi and Guanajuato states in central Mexico, local press reported on Thursday. The relics, which date from

Of course you can't. Think about it for a moment; it's long, but what difference does that make? It's not that wide or tall at any point. This is an old, old myth, popularized by Ripley's Believe it or Not, but it received tacit support from the stat

Most of the clay horses unearthed from the mausoleum of Qinshihuang, the first emperor of a united China, had been castrated, a Chinese archeologist said after studying more than 600 of the life-sized animals. All the 520 horses that pulled chariots