The ancient underground city once home to 20,000 people
Its existence dates back millennia, but its origins remain shrouded in mystery. Nowadays, this sprawling subterranean city is known as Derinkuyu (or...
Its existence dates back millennia, but its origins remain shrouded in mystery. Nowadays, this sprawling subterranean city is known as Derinkuyu (or...
It’s impossible to say when exactly humans began enjoying performing arts or when the first stage was erected, but the first permanent theater was i...
An innocuous-looking hole in a door at a cathedral in southern England is now thought to be the world’s oldest cat flap, with archives dating back t...
The bicycle has evolved massively over the last 200 years, as inventors have honed the design into the sleek, lightweight and even electric vehicles...
It’s late September and summer is behind us, but at least it was fun while it lasted. Were we living back in the year 1816, we would have barely e...
For the best part of 5,000 years, the Royal Game of Ur was forgotten. Once a popular game in the ancient Sumerian civilization of Mesopotamia, it...
Looking down on the picturesque old town of Heidelberg stands an impressive castle dating back to the 13th century. The structure’s tumultuous h...
The picturesque Spanish village of Granadilla dates back to Muslim settlers in the 9th century, with a medieval castle towering over ancient walls,...
A giant hunt for the Loch Ness monster is happening this weekend, with believers in the mythical creature descending on the Scottish Highlands for the...
Human civilization has been traced back thousands of years in places like China, Egypt and Iran, but the existence of these countries as modern...
This is Deception Island. Located just off the edge of Antarctica, it’s the shape of a horseshoe and the emerald blue water in the middle hides s...
In New York, it’s the Subway. In Paris - and many other cities including 40 in China - they call it the Metro. In London, they say “Tube” and in Germa...