A mummified human head kept in a Swiss museum displayed incorrect details about who the person was and where he came from.

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Life is full of opportunities for adventure, and many people aim to tick off extraordinary experiences before reaching 40.

The journalist and historian Paulo Antonio Paranaguá uses images from the turbulent continent to weave a history of the region, covering colonisation, slavery and dictatorship ...

Erich von Daeniken, the Swiss author known for his ancient-alien theories, has died at 90. His 1968 book, 'Chariots of the Gods?', suggested that extraterrestrials influenced human development, a ...

The Weber Workshops RoadRunner brewer. Courtesy photo.

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“We’ve reached the point of no return,” says my guide, Julio Llancay. It should sound ominous, but with that ever-present grin stretched across his face, it lands more like a punchline than a warning.

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). “We’ve reached the point of no return,” says my guide, Julio Llancay. It should sound ominous, but with that ever-present grin ...