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Visiting the Tower of London: A Prison for the Powerful

Europe,Living Heritage,United Kingdom

Visiting the Tower of London: why its most famous prisoners weren't criminals, but people who had...

Visiting Göbekli Tepe: The World’s Oldest Temple

Ancient & Lost Civilisations,Asia,Disaster & Abandoned,Engineering & Human Ingenuity,Sacred & Spiritual Places,Turkey

Göbekli Tepe predates Stonehenge by 6,000 years and was built by people with no farms, pottery or...

Visiting Sigiriya: King Kashyapa’s Lion Rock

Ancient & Lost Civilisations,Asia,Engineering & Human Ingenuity,Natural Wonders,Sri Lanka

Sigiriya: how a Sri Lankan king's fifth century fortress, built out of guilt and fear, became one of...

Visiting Ushuaia: Argentina’s Gateway to Antarctica

Argentina,Islands & Remote Frontiers,Living Heritage,Maritime & Exploration History,South America

Ushuaia brands itself the end of the world. Its prison, railway, lighthouse and city title are all...

Visiting Samarkand: Tamerlane’s Silk Road Capital

Asia,Engineering & Human Ingenuity,Living Heritage,Sacred & Spiritual Places,Uzbekistan

Timur built Samarkand on conquest. His grandson built an observatory that outmeasured Europe for a...

Visiting Borobudur: The World’s Largest Buddhist Monument

Asia,Indonesia,Sacred & Spiritual Places

Borobudur was built to be climbed, not entered. A guide to the world's largest Buddhist monument...

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