Modi inaugurates Mahakal corridor, unveils giant shivaling

Amid Vedic chants, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a large 'shivaling' covered in strands of sacred red threads placed below the grand gateway -- Nandi Dwar -- of 'Mahakal Lok' to mark the......

PHOTOS: What's left of Palmyra after Islamic State

On Sunday, the Syrian government said its forces had retaken the desert city of Palmyra, in the centre of Syria. The self-declared Islamic State seized the city in May of last year -- and soon......

US, UK to create replica of ancient Syrian arch attacked by IS

A replica of a 2,000-year-old arch in the Syrian city of Palmyra that survived attempts by Islamic State militants to destroy it is to be erected in London and New York using the world's biggest......

ISIS destroys 2,000-year-old Arch of Triumph in Palmyra

Islamic State militants have blown up the Arch of Triumph, a historic monument in the 2,000-year-old Roman city of Palmyra in Syria. Syria’s antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim said on......