The Mystery of Puma Punku’s Precise Stonework
Puma punku is the name of a large temple complex located near Tiwanaku, in Bolivia, and is part of a larger archaeological site known as Tiahuanacu. The…
Furious Mavericks fans protest Luka Doncic trade, hold mock funeral outside team’s arena
Mavericks fans made sure their anger was heard. A number of fans gathered outside American Airlines Arena in Dallas on Sunday to protest the team’s decision to trade…
The 2,800 year old Urartian royal citadel of Çavuştepe, near Van, Turkey, is renowned for its extraordinary masonry, a hallmark of Urartian architectural ingenuity
Mehmet Kuşman, who has been working as a full-time guard at Çavuştepe Castle in Van for 43 years, has also been volunteering here for the past 19…
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…