Tag: exploring the unknown
The Enchanted City of Camelot
The dream of Camelot, the golden city where peace and harmony reign, first gripped the popular imagination in the Middle Ages when war and...
Legendary Realms of the World
When the workaday world fails us humans, we dream – and many dreams have been converted into legends of dream lands, ever out of...
Himalayas – The Roof of the World
If Everest, the highest mountain in the world, were anywhere else but central Asia, it would dwarf everything around it. Yet in the rugged...
Mount Ararat – The Painful Mountain
The towering summit of Ararat remained unconquered until the 19th century, for monks believed that no one should attempt to reach the ‘sacred top’...
Giant’s Causeway – Stairway to the Sea
A promontory off the coast of Northern Ireland provides the world’s most spectacular example of what can happen when volcanic lava cools slowly: tens...
The Secrets of Ancient Mazes and Labyrinths
The true purpose of the maze remains a riddle to this day. Mazes come in many guises, from religious symbol to pure entertainment, and,...
Nazca Lines – Patterns of Peru
Giant geometric shapes, enormous animal figures and ruler-straight lines extending to the horizon: why these impressive markings are etched into the bare grassless soil...
Gothic Cathedral of Notre-Dame – A Giant Riddle
The monumental Gothic cathedral of Notre-Dame dominates the skyline of a small market town. But the inspiration for its design continues to baffle historians....
The Ancient Avenues of Carnac
The earth mounds and standing stones of Carnac are some of the oldest man-made structures in Europe and comprise the largest megalithic monument on...
Secrets of the Stonehenge
An enduring monument to bygone mysteries of religion and science, the great megalithic circle of giant stone slabs at Stonehenge provides the modern world...
