Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Here are some of the best family days out in Dubai and beyond. For a fun family morning, pitch up early at Al Barari Playground. From there the kids can enjoy splashing about in the shallows, ...

Not all bridges are meant to majestically span water or a gorge; some just float on the surface and allow vehicles to pass ...

Found in Ukraine, the fragments show signs of human manipulation—though researchers still haven't ruled out the possibility ...

IF you’re looking for something to entertain your children during the Easter break, Blackpool has just the thing. The UK’s ...

It’s often called the longest drivable road in the world. The trip starts in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and ends in Ushuaia, Argentina through interconnected highways in North, Central, and South America.

It was hard, brutally so, but after five days, a group of intrepid motoring enthusiasts had written the Nissan Navara Warrior into the Guinness Book of World Records in a brand new South African ...

Mr. Pugsley Addams — a feisty feline from Mound, Minnesota — has clinched a Guinness World Record for having the longest tail on a living, domestic cat, measuring in at a whopping 18.5 inches.

Norway is building the world’s longest and deepest underwater tunnel, one of Europe’s most ambitious engineering projects which is hoped will boost the country’s transport links and ...

Singer Ra Costelloe, left, and his dad Steve were hosted by local whānau on a visit to the Te TauMata in Pōrangahau, location of the longest placename in the world. (Photo/Supplied) The recent ...

A new carved sign designed by whānaunga (relative) and artist Jacob Scott has been installed in a dawn ceremony at the site of the longest place name in Pōrangahau. The full 85-character name of ...