6 May 2024
Ancient Greeks Built a Road to Haul Cargo Overland: The Father of the Railway: Diolkos
The Diolkos, an ambitious road that crossed the entire Isthmus of Corinth and was partially paved…
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Culture
7 April 2024
“Nikasitimos Was Here Mounting Timiona,” 2,500-year-old erotic graffiti on Astypalaia, Greece
In 2014, an archaeologist working on Astypalaia, a remote Greek island of the Dodecanese discovered one…
30 March 2024
Saudi Arabia’s “Gates of Hell” and Mysterious Structures
The region of Saudi Arabia, where the mysterious neolithic structures called the "Gates of Hell" are…
4 March 2024
Marmore, the Highest and Oldest Artificial Waterfall in Europe, Created by the Romans
Approximately eight kilometers away from the town of Terni in Umbria, Italy, there is a waterfall…
1 March 2024
2000-Year-Old Marvel: The Mystery of the Parthian Battery
The Parthian Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly…
4 February 2024
Portugal’s Enigmatic Roman Building “Tower of Centum Cellas”
The Tower of Centum Cellas (also known as the “Tower of St. Cornelius”), located in the…
31 December 2023
Tajik Buddha in Nirvana – the Largest in the World: 42 feet long and 9 feet high
In the past, while Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan destroyed two immense statues of Buddha, art historians…
28 December 2023
Queen Kubaba: Some 4,500 years ago, a woman rose to power and reigned over one of the largest civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
Is it possible to say who was the first queen in history? Given the size and…
11 December 2023
Montenegro’s Unique Church With Two Altars is Disappearing
In the Spich plain, where the modern town of Sutomore in Bar, Montenegro is located, there…
31 October 2023
Queen of Seas Who Challenged Rome: ‘Queen Teuta’
Illyrian Queen Teuta is one of the most extraordinary figures of Illyrian antiquity and of Albanian…