Today, thanks to a remarkable achievement in biochemical engineering, it's possible to view Lenin more or less as he appeared on the day of his passing, lying in repose in a mausoleum on Red Square.

Lenin's Mausoleum is located in Red Square and is probably one of the stranger tourist attractions you'll ever come across. It contains the embalmed body of Vladimir Lenin, a disturbing site that ...

A scientist claims to have cracked the cause of the 'Pharaoh's curse' that was believed to have killed more than 20 people who opened King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. Ancient Egyptian text ...

THE chilling mystery of Tutankhamun's cursed tomb has puzzled archaeologists for centuries after a string of suspicious deaths when it was opened up. But experts claim they have finally solved the ...

Russia was ruled by Tsars who had ultimate authority on all matters of governance. The oppressive system left no room for change and brewed revolutionary ideas and aspirations. 1905 Revolution ...

Without retelling the myths and legends about ‘Grandpa Lenin’, let's turn to some confirmed facts in his biography. "When Lenin was a little curly-headed boy…" This popular Soviet phrase was ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a luxurious 2,200-year-old tomb in eastern China that may belong to an emperor of the Chu state during a critical period in Chinese history. Chu was among the seven ...

Moscow’s main attraction for the Communistfaithful is the Lenin Tomb in Red Square. Every day, thousands ofvisitors walk silently past the glass and granite crypt, starereverently at the dimly ...

The broadcaster knew she had a link to the central Asian country she first visited on her gap year 30 years ago. But ...

The Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, in the town of Yasi, now Turkestan, was built at the time of Timur (Tamerlane), from 1389 to 1405. In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders ...

Vladimir Lenin died over a century ago, on January 21, 1924. Shortly after his death, the Soviet authorities made a decision to embalm the body of the Russian communist revolutionary. Today ...