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Oldest Road in the World? It is Giza Road

Giza Road: The ancient Egyptians created many wondrous things, not least of which were the pyramids. Even today archaeologists and…

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Heavily Decorated Viking Sword X-Rayed

Viking Sword: In March of 2015 a landowner in Orkney, in the Northern Isles of Scotland, found a grave in…

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Ajanta Caves Abandoned & Found 1500 Years Later by an Englishman

Ajanta Caves: In the hills of Northwest India about sixty six miles from Aurangabad and thirty seven miles from Jalgaon…

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Who built Ellora Caves and why?

 Ellora Caves are extraordinary. They are one of the world's largest monastery cave complexes carved directly into a rock face.…

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The Appian Way, 312 B.C. a Miracle of Road Construction

Appian Way: There are many ancient and amazing sights to see in Italy - in Rome in particular. There is…

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25,000-Year-Old ‘Home’ Made of the Bones of 60 Mammoths

Mammoths: Russia's forests have a stark beauty, but the climate is unforgivably cold and brutal, particularly in winter. During the…

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Hegra, Untouched for Millennia now Open to Tourists

In northwestern Saudi Arabia, near the town of AlUla, an archaeological site called Hegra which, like its sister city, Petra,…

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