Deep in the Jordanian desert lies an extraordinary ruin. It is a Roman fort that can stake a claim to being the…
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The CWA Photo Competition 2023 has now closed. See this year’s winning photos here. Calling all photographers! Over the last year, opportunities…
Deep in the Jordanian desert lies an extraordinary ruin. It is a Roman fort that can stake a claim to being the…
We were delighted to receive a fantastic selection of entries for this year’s photo competition, with images that took us all over…
Supplying Constantinople with water was a monumental challenge that received a monumental solution. Examining the extraordinary remains of aqueducts, bridges, and cisterns…
I came upon him unexpectedly. He was not alone. To be fair, my mind was mulling over the previous room, which explained…
Numerous ancient stone circles are known in Japan, but how and why were these monuments built? Simon Kaner examines what these enigmatic…
Türkiye is home to many diverse landscapes and geographies, but one of the most captivating is that of Cappadocia, in the centre…
The Spanish invaders of Mexico called them cenotes. This came from a mishearing of the Maya word tz’onot, which was used to…
7 Wonders
What happens to us after we die? Prepare to get shivers down your spine as we look more closely at seven sites…
Temple trivia from around the world.…
If I was given an open ticket and the time, these are the first 7 destinations – though in no particular order…
Today (May 9) is Howard Carter's birthday, so we thought we would share some of our favourite facts about the discoverer of…
Object Lesson
This low-relief limestone carving, dating to c.2400 BC, formed part of a larger votive wall plaque in a Sumerian temple in southern…
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Qasr Bshir invites questions, as well as awe. Deep in the Jordanian desert, away from any permanent water source, the ruins of this Roman fort stand sentinel over an empty…
Constantinople came with a problem. This ‘new Rome’ served as Constantine the Great’s imperial capital and held a commanding position on the Bosporus waterway. Being perched on the channel splitting…
On Thursday 19 September 1991, two hikers made an alarming discovery high in the Alps. Travelling off the beaten track, they saw a human corpse in a gulley, and imagined…
The stone circles of Japan are enigmatic monuments. These structures were created by Jomon hunter-gatherers, mostly from roughly 2500-300 BC, and can be associated with burials, seasonal ceremonies, and solar…
Below the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico lies a submerged world of extraordinary beauty. Caves once created a subterranean labyrinth that the earliest human settlers seemingly associated with magic. After these…
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