New Scientist21h
Pompeii’s streets show how the city adapted to Roman rule
Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...
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Charles Gaines Maps the Meanings of Ancient Baobab Trees in Meticulous Charts
Gnarled trunks and spindly offshoots both layer atop and are masked by Gaines' sequences, all viewed through sheets of ...
Walk Japan’s ancient travellers’ highway for historic post towns, teahouses and mountain shrines
The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...
Condé Nast Traveler6d
Visiting Yunnan, China, Where the Traditions of Ancient Trade Routes Persevere
Traveling along the Tea Horse Road unlocks a land of teahouses, centuries-old monasteries, and epic valley views.
Business Insider14d
I've been a tour guide in Italy for 17 years. My top recommendation is an incredible ancient port city that's way less crowded than Rome.
At the center of the ancient city, you'll find the forum. The main square, known as the forum, was the center of the city's political and social life. The remains of the Capitolium and the Temple ...
Daily Express16d
The ancient city 'just as good as Pompeii' but without the crowds of tourists
In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by beautiful greenery, lies Tikal - a once great city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation in the Petén region of Guatemala. It was the ...
Daily Express16d
The incredible 1000-year-old town with hardly any tourists that’s ‘the Venice of Asia’
Nanxun, just outside the bustling city of Huzhou, is one of several ancient water towns but is far quieter and welcomes far fewer tourists despite its stunning locations on offer - a world away ...
FOX 5 Atlanta20d
Town Center Mall says it will reopen on Wednesday after abrupt closure
Town Center Mall abruptly shut its doors on Tuesday. A spokesperson from Georgia Power says after months of being "highly delinquent" on bills, service was disconnected at the mall as a "last ...
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Town Center Mall in Cobb County abruptly closes due to unpaid power bill
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Town Center at Cobb is shut down due to “unforeseen circumstances,” according to a sign on the front door. Georgia Power officials tell Atlanta News First that the ...
Forbes21d
Google Maps Will Show ‘Gulf Of America’ And ‘Mt. McKinley’ To US Users
Google Maps will display the name “Gulf of America” instead of the “Gulf of Mexico” for U.S. users once official government sources are updated to reflect the name change ordered by ...
BBC22d
The ancient discovery that put a Silk Road city back on the map
Muzzamil Hussain was in grade school when the first bombs fell on the playground outside of his classroom in Kargil, a mountain city in the ... currencies across the ancient world.
Smithsonian Magazine22d
See the Haunting Stone Face of a Ptolemaic Statue Unearthed Near the Ancient Egyptian City of Alexandria
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities As a team of French archaeologists excavated a seventh-century C.E. dwelling at Taposiris Magna, an ancient city located around 30 miles west of ...