Huer's Hut And Pilchard Fishing
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2020
Cornwall, in southwest England, once had a thriving fishing industry and at the heart of this industry was the pilchard, also known as sardi...
The Vespasianus Titus Tunnel
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 19, 2020
Around 300 BC Seleucus I founded, on the current southeast coast of Turkey, the city of Seleucia Pieria. Located north of the mouth of the O...
How Medieval Bridges Were Built—An Animation
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 17, 2020
Building a bridge over water is a daunting task, and despite the many technological progresses, the basics have remain unchanged since ancie...
Fokker’s Synchronizing Gear And The Birth of Fighter Planes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 16, 2020
The first airplanes to join the First World War were not made for combat. They merely played the role of an observer, scouting enemy positio...
The Space Museum Inside a Church
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2020
About 80 km outside of Kyiv, in the small Ukrainian town of Pereyaslav-Khmelnytskyy, there is a large complex of museums dedicated to preser...
Aqueduct of Segovia: The Mortar-Less Miracle
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 13, 2020
The aqueduct of Segovia is a classic example of Roman water transport architecture—simple in design, yet magnificent to behold, and surprisi...
Writing Sheds of Famous Writers
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2020
Writers usually have their favorite writing spots, a small, secluded space, sparsely furnished, where creativity flows unimpeded. The chosen...
Glacier Birds
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 9, 2020
High in the Andes among frozen glaciers, where virtually nothing survives, a small and plump, blue-gray feathered bird lays eggs and raises ...
The Spectacle of Death at The Paris Morgue
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2020
Throughout the 19th century, the Paris morgue attracted thousand of visitors every day. Eager tourists consumed by a morbid fascination with...
The Storybook Houses of Los Angeles
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 7, 2020
At the intersection of Carmelita Avenue and Walden Drive, in Beverly Hills, California, there stands a house which appears straight out of a...
