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The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in history between aircraft carriers, took place between 4 and 8 May 1942 during the Second World War (1939-45). The Japanese navy hoped...

The 30 caves at Ajanta lie to the north of Aurangabad in the Indhyadri range of Western Ghats. The caves, famous for their temple architecture and many delicately drawn murals, are located in a 76 m high, horseshoe-shaped escarpment...

The Pacific War (1941-45) was the theatre of the Second World War that saw Imperial Japan and the United States, with its allies, fight for control of various island archipelagos from...

The Goryeo (Koryo) kingdom ruled ancient Korea from 918 CE to 1392 CE, and it oversaw a flourishing of the arts, literature, and architecture. One of these developments was the production of finely crafted...

The beauty of being an archaeologist is having the good fortune to find something on an archaeological dig that remains in a relatively good state of preservation. In various degrees, there are...

A 13th century CE wooden printing plate and paper bank note from the Chinese Yuan dynasty (1271-1368 CE). (Tokyo Currency Museum)

Skeleton and reconstruction of the La Ferrassie 1 Neanderthal found in France, as seen in an exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

One of the first representations of the Buddha, 1st-2nd century CE, Gandhara: Standing Buddha. (Tokyo National Museum)

An 1886 oil on canvas painting, Le Moulin de Blute-Fin, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in Paris while van Gogh shared an apartment with his brother Theo. The artist made...

A Jomon pottery vessel with the decorative style known as 'fire-flame'. Jomon Period, 3000-2000 BCE, Sasayama site, Niigata Prefecture. Japan. (Tokyo National Museum)