Tag: history
Angkor – City of Temples and Mystery
Hidden for centuries in the depths of the Cambodian jungle, the venerable crumbling stone temples of Angkor, capital of the medieval Khmer Empire, are...
The Shwedagon Pagoda
In shape and form the magnificent Shwedagon pagoda, one of the most sacred Buddhist shrines in the world, is like any other pagoda. What...
Potala – Jewel of Tibet
Once a palace, a fortress and a site of divine pilgrimage, the Potala, topped with shimmering gold roofs, rises through the Tibetan mist like...
Taj Mahal – A Symbol of Love
The love of a man for his wife is preserved in the gleaming white marble of the Taj Mahal. A vision of symmetry and...
Samarkand – The Shimmering City
The fabled city of Samarkand, at the hub of the old trade routes of Central Asia, has attracted poets, pilgrims and plunderers across deserts...
Takht-i-Suleiman – Site of the Royal Fire
High in the mountains of northern Iran lie the time-ravaged ruins of an ancient city: it is the most holy site of a pre-Islamic...
Mecca – Sacred Centre of Worship
Every devout Muslim is duty-bound to visit this sublime centre of worship at least once in their life. In ancient times Mecca, a tribal...
The ‘Rose-Red’ City of Petra
Unknown to the Western world for hundreds of years, the ‘rose-red’ city of Petra was once a thriving centre for travellers along the ancient...
The Holy City of Jerusalem
Jews, Christians and Muslims throng Jerusalem’s ancient streets – a testimony to their common heritage. Yet today this holiest of cities is still beset...
The Tomb of Tutankhamun
Silent and secret for 33 centuries, the tomb of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun, buried underground Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, finally revealed a wealth...
