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Ancient burial of a noble woman discovered in Western Kazakhstan Oblast two years ago declared the oldest golden burial in Kazakhstan.

• 12 мая 2014, 15:31

"Napoleon" returned to the Italian island of Elba on Sunday as part of a historical re-enactment to mark the 200th anniversary of the defeated French emperor's exile.

• 06 мая 2014, 10:03

Filming of Marco Polo adventure movie will be held in Kazakhstan.

• 05 мая 2014, 14:46

On a small rock wall a short drive from the Philippine capital, enigmatic carvings that are believed to date back 5,000 years are in danger of disappearing before their mysteries can be solved.

• 23 апреля 2014, 20:55

Schoenbrunn Palace was Marie-Antoinette's summer childhood home and the beautiful and tragic Sissi's favoured residence. Mozart performed there as a child and Napoleon was so smitten he moved in -- twice.

• 23 апреля 2014, 10:38

Much controversy surrounds the recent issue of Kazakh-language magazine devoted to Hitler's personality.

• 22 апреля 2014, 17:51

An archeological park will be constructed around a medieval tower in Kazakhstan's southern city of Taraz by 2017.

• 20 апреля 2014, 22:06

A unique archeological site containing remnants of rhinoceros and mastodons in Pavlodar will vanish if the city administration does not start to care about the Gusinii Perelet paleontological site.

• 10 апреля 2014, 16:03

Scythian burial mounds will be opened for public in Issyk town located 50km east of Almaty.

• 27 марта 2014, 15:57

Thousands of years after they resonated in caves, two dozen stone chimes used by our prehistoric forefathers will make music once more in a unique series of concerts in Paris.

• 17 марта 2014, 18:11

Semey historians have finely identified the mysterious fossilized jaw that was almost forgotten in a school museum as an unknown object.

• 13 марта 2014, 12:29

The Vikings are renowned as bloodthirsty warriors, but a new exhibition at the British Museum aims to show the cultural achievements and trading skills that spread their influence far and wide.

• 06 марта 2014, 09:49

Shepherds have found a ring-mail armor dating back to the 18th century in a desert in southern Kazakhstan.

• 16 февраля 2014, 13:03

A trove of ancient documents unearthed at the Vatican could shed light on the brutal crackdown on Christianity in isolationist Japan under its samurai rulers.

• 31 января 2014, 13:32

The unique findings, that show the life of Kazakh people during the 14th century have been discovered in Great Britain.

• 17 января 2014, 16:09

A decades-old library owned by a Greek Orthodox priest in north Lebanon's majority Sunni city of Tripoli was torched late Friday, a day after a sectarian scuffle, a security source said.

• 05 января 2014, 18:00

Disney delves into its own history in "Saving Mr. Banks," a movie about the difficult birth of the classic film "Mary Poppins," wrenched from a tale by a reluctant British author.

• 20 декабря 2013, 18:10

An ancient tomb of Kenesary Khan's warriors has been discovered in Astana.

• 03 декабря 2013, 15:52

The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln's undying call for a "new birth of freedom" at the bloody turning point of the US Civil War, turned 150 years old Tuesday, even as the union he fought to preserve quarrels bitterly over the role of government.

• 20 ноября 2013, 19:18

Three astronauts returned to Earth Monday, after 66 days aboard the International Space Station, bringing back the Olympic torch back to the planet after a historic space walk.

• 11 ноября 2013, 10:05