Ancient Jericho: The First Walled City In History
Jericho, Arabic Arīḥā, town located in the West Bank. Jericho is one of the earliest continuous settlements in the world, dating perhaps from about 9000 BC. Archaeological…
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri
The name Deir el-Bahri means ‘Northern Monastery’, indicating that the site was once used by Christian monks. Prior to the coming of Christianity, however, the site in…
Picture this: six colossal stone slabs, each tipping the scales at around 150 tons, meticulously crafted from Red Porphyry—and guess what?
The Sun Temple at Ollantaytambo is nothing short of an astounding marvel of ancient engineering that will leave you questioning the limits of human capability. That material…
Film Review: ‘The Wave’
There’s nothing like a tsunami to test a country and its cinema. In The Wave, resource-rich debt-free stable Norway is the victim of its greatest ᴀsset, nature. If…
Imagine a mountaintop adorned with colossal statues of gods and kings, their weathered faces turned towards the heavens.
This is Mount Nemrut, a mystical peak in southeastern Turkey. In the 1st century BCE, King Antiochus I erected these monumental figures of Greek, Persian, and Armenian…
Non-megalithic Long Barrows, Tumuli, Langhügel
Long barrows are earthen tumuli and were erected in many regions of Northern Europe. The oldest can be found in Brittany, France. Further, they appear in Southern…
Archaeologists unearth Roman ceremonial carriage from villa in Pompeii
Italy’s buried city of Pompeii in a discovery that experts say has ‘no parallel’. A ceremonial carriage was found at a villa close to the walls of…
Will John Wick 5 Happen? What Keanu Reeves & Director Have Said
Warning! Contains spoilers for John Wick: Chapter Four!Every John Wick movie has ended on a cliffhanger and teased a sequel, but despite the franchise’s phenomenal success, John Wick 5 isn’t guaranteed….
Drill Bit Found in Coal Suggests Advanced Civilization LONG Before Humans Thought to Walk Earth
The drill found encased in coal from millions of years ago sparked considerable intrigue when John Buchanan unveiled it on December 13, 1852. This artifact, an iron…