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…
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Culture
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…
26 September 2023
The 1000-year Curse of the Croatian King Zvonimir
Croatia is a fascinating country that continually rises up people's must-visit lists thanks to its sparkling…
6 August 2023
Gladiators were mostly Vegetarians and they were fatter than you may think
What better epitomizes the ideal male physique than the Roman gladiator? Gladiators were the movie stars…
9 July 2023
The Nightmare of the Roman Soldiers “Carnyx”
The Carnyx was a brass musical instrument used as a psychological weapon of war by the…
10 June 2023
The Kyrgyz epic ‘Manas’ manuscripts were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World
Manuscripts of the Kyrgyz epic "Manas" by narrator Sagymbay Orozbakov have been inscribed on the UNESCO…
5 June 2023
“Oracle Bone Inscriptions”, the world’s oldest writing system that has not disappeared in history
"Jiaguwen," or the oracle bone inscriptions, are thought to be the earliest fully-developed characters as well…
17 April 2023
Rock Ship of Masuda, Japan’s mysterious monolith
Located in the Takaichi District of Nara Prefecture, Japan, the village of Asuka is famous for…
22 March 2023
The 11-meter giant statue of the island of Naxos “Dionysus of Apollonas”
One of the two ancient marble quarries, thought to have begun the sculpture, the greatest art…