A team of Israeli archaeologists thinks it has found the ruins of a palace belonging to the biblical King David, but other Israeli experts dispute the claim.

Scotland's independence referendum has not just ignited furious debate over the country's future; it has also started a renewed fascination among film-makers.

After 70 years of wondering what he had done wrong to lose his wartime sweetheart, a British man will finally marry his love this weekend.

In a new column, we look at some long-forgotten New Zealand events. Today, the Waikino School shooting of 1923.

In December 1994, 20-year-old Oliver Driver was making his way through the world of improv and piecemeal theatre work when he landed a summer gig at Auckland Zoo.

The township of Puhoi, north of Auckland, this weekend celebrates 150 years since the arrival of the first group of settlers from Bohemia.

The illegitimate daughter of a 19th century British Prime Minister lived and raised a family in New Zealand.

It was 1995, and as Nelson Mandela raised his cap at jam-packed Ellis Park, the Johannesburg crowd rose in a deafening, spine-tingling cheer.

Library curator Robert Eruera has brought New Zealand literary treasures to the public.

History's account of the Third Reich and the extermination of millions of Jews in the Holocaust may have to undergo some revisions.

Twenty-five women from 21 countries became New Zealand citizens at Government House in Wellington yesterday.

An interactive map that plots where 18,000 New Zealand soldiers who died in World War I are buried has been created for a project marking the conflict's centenary.

Model mountain at exhibition gives a realistic view on 60th anniversary of Everest ascent.

"I am the last man standing," mountaineer George Lowe wrote in his extraordinary collection of images from the first ascent of Everest.

An abandoned car found by a hunter in the Rangitaiki Forest has been eliminated from the Mona Blades inquiry.

Copper coins and a 70-year-old map with an "x" may lead to a discovery that could rewrite Australia's history.

In hindsight, it may not have been such a good idea. No, Constable John Burton isn't hungover. He's not thirsty, nor just in a bad mood.

The Natural History Museum has about 300 experts on its staff.

It has taken more than 100 years to come to light, but the web of intrigue and corruption that toppled China's last emperor has finally been pieced together by a Chinese historian.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, weren't in Babylon at all - but were instead located 480km to the north in Babylon's greatest rival, Nineveh, according to a leading Oxford-based historian.

Sir Edmund Hillary's diaries from his ascent of Mt Everest will be released on a daily blog in the lead-up to the 60th anniversary of the climb.

Brian Rudman asks: "Should we be shipping this cultural heritage off to a commercial collector of photographic libraries in the United States for safe-keeping?"