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In the first century BC, nearly two thousand years before the invention of the microscope, the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro made a remarโฆ
For centuries, travellers to the southern tip of South America returned with astonishing stories. They spoke of a land swept by fierce winds andโฆ
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In the northern highlands of Peru lies the historic city of Cajamarca, where the great Inca empire met its demise. It was on this soil that Spanโฆ
In the late 1960s and the early 1970s, a series of peculiarly shaped apartment blocks were constructed in the Polish city of Gdaลsk. They were cโฆ
About 25 kilometers northwest of Znojmo, in Czech Republic, where the rivers ลฝeletavka and Dyje meet, lies the small village of Bitov. Here, onโฆ
You must have seen photos of protesters being doused with colored-water cannons by the police. Using water canon is understood as itโs an easy nโฆ
From any high point in Nicosia, the capital and the largest city on the island of Cyprus, one can see a giant flag of Turkey-occupied Northern Cโฆ
In central Mali, about 90 km to the east of Mopti, rises a dramatic sandstone cliff with a high plateau above and sandy semi-desert plains belowโฆ
Deep in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, in a region of wilderness made up of granite rock and rugged mountains, lies the town of Saint Catherine.โฆ
A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history
A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history
This will be the last post for 2016. Happy New Year to everyone. See you next year.