Heritage

Details are still emerging of the scale of destruction on the heritage site of Palmyra in Syria.

The ISIS group says it has destroyed six archaeological pieces from the historic town of Palmyra that were confiscated from a smuggler

One became the Van Cleef & Arpels of Navajo jewelry making, and the other lived the Native American experience in epic proportions. The achievements of two extraordinary families, the Yazzies (Navajo) and the Poolaws (Kiowa), are the focus of two recently opened exhibits at The National Museum of the American Indian in New York.

Royalty remains an important part of the social and political landscape in many parts of the world. Why has monarchy endured?

An extraordinary voyage through mythical China is offered to visitors of Paris’s Guimet Museum in a rare collection of ancient bronzes.