The Tomb of Bibi Jawindi

May 14, 2022

The ancient city of Uch, founded by Alexander the Great, in Pakistan's Punjab province, is home to several funerary monuments and shrine...

Roman Dodecahedron: History’s Mystery

May 13, 2022

It is safe to say that there are secrets to the ancient Roman civilization that even a lifetime of scrutiny will not reveal to us. Yet histo...

The Mysteries of Nidhivan

May 13, 2022

Every year millions set foot on Vrindavan with one motive: to witness Krishna’s raasleela . This dance of coquetry has riddled the pages of ...

Natural Gas Extraction by Nuclear Explosion

May 12, 2022

In the late 1950s, the United States of America launched a new kind of nuclear program called Project Plowshare aimed at finding ways to bet...

Vicuña: The World's Most Expensive Wool Comes From a Llama

May 11, 2022

Deep within the Andes of Peru gallops an animal that’s treasured across the world. It belongs to the family of Llamas but is called a Vicuña...

A Thunderstorm Called Hector

May 11, 2022

Nearly every afternoon, from September to March, a thunderstorm develops over the Tiwi Islands in Northern Australia. It happens so regularl...

Bera, The Indian Village Where Man and Leopards Live Together

May 10, 2022

Along the sun-soaked Aravallis of Rajasthan thrives the leopard country of India. In and around Bera, a small village in Pali district, maje...

Did Abbas Ibn Firnas Make History’s First Flight?

May 9, 2022

Just outside Baghdad International Airport there is a statue of a man wearing a turban with feathered wings strapped over his arms, about to...

1875: When Locusts Ruled Over America

May 9, 2022

A species disappears from our planet about every 30 minutes. From climate crises to man’s carelessness, there are endless factors that drive...

Franz Halder: The Only German to be Decorated by Both Hitler and Kennedy

May 6, 2022

During the Third Riech, Hitler fortified his leadership atop bastions of war, invasion and politics. One of them though dared to traipse acr...