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A charming city awaits with its serene canals and cobblestone streets, offering a taste of the best cuisine and architecture ...
The Roman Empire had an impressive road network. A new dataset now visualizes the road map, adding over 100,000 kilometers of previously unknown routes.
The revelation centers on a text called a "maqāma" - an Arabic literary genre featuring traveling tricksters - written by the poet and historian Ibn al-Wardi in 1348-49 in Aleppo, according to the new ...
Emeric, son of Hungary’s first Christian king, St. Stephen, was born around A.D. 1000. His name is translated as Imre in ...
Rupert Parker gets in the Saddle for cycling Eurovelo 3 Across seven days, I’m going to ride through forest, farmland and along river valleys across France to Belgium. On the way I’ll explore ...
Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel Treasure Island popularised treasure maps, peg legs and parrots on shoulders ...
The hair-raising reality of the Middle Ages is a grisly one that contrasts greatly with today’s healthcare and technological advancements: a world without modern medicine, where even a small infection ...