Hunting inspector Vladimir Malkov rescued the wild animal as a baby after its mother perished in wildfires.

Giant ramparts guarded Altai Mountains against attack from the north, says leading archeologist Professor Andrey Borodovsky.

Fighter from almost 3,000 year ago was ready to impale his enemies, expecting battles after death, with a 'mirror' on his eye.

New computer model of Ipatiev House lets you wander around the residence where the Romanov dynasty was obliterated.

Mummified members of an unknown bygone civilisation are dug from a permafrost necropolis on the edge of the Arctic.

Endangered big cats - a mother and two cubs - frolic in front of the lens, before stopping the show by removing the memory card with paw.