Mexican archeologists found the remains of 2.500 year-old chocolate on a Mayan plate during research in Yucatan, NBC reported last week.

Traces of chemical substances considered "markers" for chocolate were found on fragments of plates uncovered at the Paso del Macho archaeological site in Yucatan in 2001.

For the past 30 years, Israeli Judaic scholar Menachem Cohen has been on a mission of biblical proportions: Correcting all known textual errors in Jewish scripture to produce a truly definitive edition of the Old Testament.

His edits, focusing primarily on grammatical blemishes and an intricate set of biblical symbols, mark the first major overhaul of the Hebrew Bible in nearly 500 years.

The sight of a bearded man in a turban can provoke violent anti-Muslim hatred in America -- and never mind whether the man under the turban is actually Muslim.

For Sikhs, who wear turbans and beards as core attributes of their religion, the mix of Islamophobia and ignorance spells danger.

The pop-art exhibition in Iran that was prohibited by the government for being against Islam and carrying pornographic items is back on display after being hidden underground for 30 years.

The works of art, which were kept safely underground with the help of Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the last Iranian Shah before the Islamic Revolution, are now open for display in Tehran.

Perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Lot River in southwestern France, the mediaeval village of Saint-Cirq-Lapopie has survived wars and invasions since the 13th century.

Now the picturesque hamlet is facing a new and potentially more dangerous threat: tourists.

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Monday he is creating a "green brigade" to prevent anyone from using national parks to grow coca -- the raw material for cocaine, also important in Andean culture.

"I want to warn any fellow in national parks" against the cultivation of coca, the president said in a speech broadcast on radio and television, noting that Bolivia's anti-narcotics laws make it illegal to use ecological reserves for the crop.

Influential Australian art critic, historian and writer Robert Hughes has died aged 74 in New York after a long illness, his family said Tuesday.

Hughes, whom the New York Times once proclaimed the world's most famous art critic, passed away at the Calvary Hospital in the Bronx on Monday.

A new book offers a fresh, youthful and personal twist on Germany's turbulent decades-long division by the Berlin Wall, with true stories depicted through comic illustrations.

Five first-hand accounts by Berliners whose lives were shaped and marked by communist East Germany's decision to divide itself off from the West in 1961 are told in the comic book entitled "Berlin -- Divided City".

Placebo, LMFAO, The Killers and over 150 groups from Hungary, Europe and further afield will grace the stages at Budapest's 20th Sziget Festival on August 6-13, one of Europe's most popular music events.

For the first time, a live stream of the week-long fest -- now one of Hungary's biggest tourist events -- will be available on YouTube, according to its organizers.

Tens of thousands of people marked the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Monday, as a rising tide of anti-nuclear sentiment swells in post-Fukushima Japan.

Ageing survivors, relatives, government officials and foreign delegates attended the annual ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park commemorating the U.S. bombing of the western Japanese city nearly seven decades ago.