Visiting Göbekli Tepe: The World’s Oldest Temple
Göbekli Tepe predates Stonehenge by 6,000 years and was built by people with no farms, pottery or metal tools.
Category Sacred & Spiritual Places
Visiting Samarkand: Tamerlane’s Silk Road Capital
Timur built Samarkand on conquest. His grandson built an observatory that outmeasured Europe for a century. Visit both, and the tomb that unites them.
Visiting Borobudur: The World’s Largest Buddhist Monument
Borobudur was built to be climbed, not entered. A guide to the world's largest Buddhist monument, its unsettled origins, and why the climb is now restricted.
Visiting Angkor Wat: The Khmer Empire’s Greatest Temple
Visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia and discover the history of the Khmer Empire, the world's largest religious monument, and the hidden city that once surrounded it.
Visiting La Recoleta Cemetery: Resting Place of Eva Perón
Visiting La Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires: the true story of Eva Perón's fortified tomb, its hidden vaults, and the legends buried alongside her.
Visiting Janitzio Island: Mexico’s Day of the Dead Vigil
Why Janitzio Island's famous Day of the Dead vigil sits beside a statue that has nothing to do with the dead, and what that says about tradition.
Visiting Waverley Cemetery: Henry Lawson’s Grave
Waverley Cemetery is an open-air museum of history, a poignant tapestry woven with the lives and deaths of those who shaped Sydney.