Tag: history
Galapagos Rift – The Bottom Dwellers Paradise
In some of the ocean bed’s deepest, most inhospitable trenches, communities of creatures have evolved to live independently of energy from the sun, overturning...
The Sacred River Ganges
Although the mighty River Ganges is heavy with pollution, to Hindus it is the most holy water on the Earth, with the power to...
Red Sea – Embryonic Ocean
Red Sea is a potential source of untold mineral wealth and on of the richest marine environments in the world. The Red Sea also...
River Nile – Source of Life
Snaking for thousands of miles across equatorial swamps, scrubland and parched desert terrain, the long ribbon of fertility that is the Nile gave birth...
Machu Picchu – Lost City of the Incas
High in the Peruvian Andes, the citadel of Machu Picchu appears suspended in mountain mists. Perched precariously on a rocky outcrop with huge drops...
Copan – Royal City in the Jungle
After it was abandoned in the tenth century, Copan lay forgotten for 500 years, claimed only by the advancing jungle. Yet even in ruins...
Teotihuacan – City of the Gods
An ancient religious capital of Mexico thrived a thousand years before the height of the Aztec Empire. In spite of more than a century...
The Superstition Behind Friday And The Number 13
Triskaidekaphobia - Its a fear or phobia of number 13. And specially with Friday by its side its one of the most scariest combination for...
The Great Wall of China
Both a barrier and a gateway to the wealth and enigma of the Chinese Empire, the Great Wall of China is a man-made work...
The Forbidden City
At the heart of China’s capital, Beijing, lies the Forbidden City, one of the finest palace complexes in the world and a symbol of...
