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Temple of Artemis Brauronia in Markopoulo Mesogeas,...

May 5, 2020

Located on the coast of the Aegean Sea, Brauron was first settled around 3500 B.C. The settlement had varied populations and levels of commerce until the eighth century B.C., when Theseus unified the 12 settlements of Attica into the city of Athens. The former town came to be better known as a religious site, most strongly associated with a cult dedicated to the goddess Artemis. Artemis was associated with many things: the hunt, the moon, the wilderness, chastity. But at...

Preserving Ukraine’s Soviet Past, One Mosaic At...

May 5, 2020

On a sunny spring day in Kyiv, Ukraine, two people stand before a massive mosaic on the side of the Institute for Nuclear Research, stepping back a few feet to take it all in. It’s rare for people to stop and take notice; most locals walk right past this artwork—wearing coronavirus masks, of course—oblivious to its dizzying array of textures, materials, and colors. Images of two working men span the width of the building, each several stories high, their...

Ashalim Power Station in Ashalim, Israel

May 5, 2020

Thanks to drip irrigation, the roads to Be’er Sheva in Israel are fringed with fields that were once barren. A simple system of water-carrying pipes have transformed the Negev Desert into productive agricultural land. But a newer addition just south of Be’er Sheva, transforms the the desert into something more akin to a science fiction movie. The first sign of something unusual ahead appears just after you leave the city limits. If you look carefully, you’ll notice a pale orange...

Abbazia di Valvisciolo (Valvisciolo Abbey) in Sermoneta,...

May 5, 2020

The beautiful abbey of Valvisciolo (from the Italian “Valle dell’Usignolo”, Valley of the Nightingale) can be found between the gardens of Ninfa and the medieval town of Sermoneta, set against a backdrop of central Italy‘s Lepini mountains. Though we know very little about the earliest history of the abbey, it dates back to at least the 12th century, if not earlier. It was founded by Greek Basilian monks, and supposedly occupied by the Knights Templar in the 13th century. Legend...

Glacier Research Is Particularly Treacherous at the...

May 5, 2020

At least twice a year, Dr Parmanand Sharma embarks on a multi-hour, potentially treacherous commute to work—by car, foot, and zip line. To reach his version of the office, he takes the Manali-Leh Highway; an expanse of road that winds through the Indian Himalayas, ascending from 6,000 feet to 17,000 feet. At that height, Sharma’s closing in on the Himalayan Cryosphere or “the Third Pole,” an epithet for the largest mass of ice outside the polar region. It’s this...

Sardis in Salihli, Turkey

May 5, 2020

The ruins of Sardis are located in what is now the small town of Sart in Turkey. What is today an archaeological site filled with ancient buildings was once the grand capital of the kingdom of Lydia. The Lydian kingdom flourished in the Iron Age, until it was conquered by Cyrus the Great, king of Achaemenid Persia, in 546 B.C. Two centuries later, Sardis surrendered to Alexander the Great, then fell into the hands of the Romans, and then...

J.A. Comenius Museum in Prague, Czechia

May 5, 2020

Officially called the National Pedagogical Museum and Library of J.A. Comenius, this is one of the oldest museums in Czechia, founded in 1892. It preserves the history of the Czech educational system by looking at how students and teachers have evolved over time. The museum is named after Johan Amos Comenius, a Czech philosopher and educator who is considered by many the father of modern education. Born in Moravia in 1592, Comenius began life impoverished and did not begin...

Porta Nolana in Napoli, Italy

May 5, 2020

Porta Nolana is one of the few remaining medieval city gates of Naples. The massive structure was constructed during the 15th century to replace an older gate in the Forcella district, Porta del Cannavaro, to further support the city’s growth. Its name derives from the road that began in the city and led to the city of Nola. The gate itself is a rounded arch and once contained frescoes that have long since faded. Porta Nolana retains its two...

Tumbleweeds Usually Tumble, But Sometimes They Tornado

May 4, 2020

At the end of April, Matt McKnight was driving Bessie, his Westfalia campervan, on State Route 240 in Washington when he encountered something he hadn’t wagered on: dozens of tumbleweeds whipped into a vortex, and heading right for the van. McKnight is a Seattle-based journalist for Crosscut, an independent news site, and has been traveling across the state to cover the COVID-19 crisis. Bessie is a good companion on these journeys—McKnight can load her up with provisions and then...

How Island Evolution Forged a Bizarre Mammal...

May 4, 2020

In July 1999, David Krause was enjoying the balmy winter weather of Madagascar as he dug in the dirt for dinosaurs. The island’s soil was fertile ground for life in ancient times. At the end of the Cretaceous period, 66 million years ago, Madagascar—already an island at that point, having chipped off of a drifting India some 20 million years prior—crawled with the legendary reptiles of the age, from meat-eating theropods to a 20-foot-long constrictor snake. Which is why...

Old City Wall of Berlin in...

May 4, 2020

Centuries before Berlin’s most notorious wall epitomized the Iron Curtain, another wall defined the cityscape. The Berlin Stadtmauer, or City Wall, was erected sometime during the 13th century as a defensive barrier to fortify the city. Spanning around 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers), the wall encompassed Berlin’s medieval perimeters (an area which now includes the Alexanderplatz neighborhood), as well as its sister-city Cölln. However, the city of Berlin gradually extended past its medieval borders, absorbing neighboring Cölln and eventually transforming...

Gunpowder Track in Sundbyberg, Sweden

May 4, 2020

These pathways found in the cities of Solna and Sundbyberg, were once home to train tracks that were used to transport important military cargo across the countryside. The tracks ran from the Northern Main Line just north of Ulriksdal to Tygförvaltningen. They were hidden in the forest and were primarily used to move munitions. This is how these mysterious tracks garnered their moniker. The actual tracks were removed long ago, but at the end of the road, visitors will find a platform next to...

The Zoom Era Inspires a ‘Bookshelf Championship’...

May 4, 2020

In late March, the satirist behind Uma Página Numa Rede Social, a humorous political analysis project based in Portugal, noticed a curious shift in the evening news. With offices closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the most sought-after politicos were Skyping into national television, just as the rest of us Zoom into staff meetings. “We saw a paradigm shift taking place before our eyes,” the satirist says. (He asked not to be named because he fears retaliation for his...

DZI Sofia Center in Sofia, Bulgaria

May 4, 2020

The Sofia center office of DZI (State Insurance Institute) is a corner building that presents a clash of architectural styles. The building was constructed around 1926 as the head office for one of the first insurance companies in Bulgaria. It was designed in the Secession style with delicate ornaments that conveyed an elegant beauty. The pinnacle of the building’s design is the corner dome that houses a clock. There is a sculpture of a mother with her two children and...

The Life and Fiery Death of the...

May 4, 2020

For the thousands of people around the world who’d once visited and admired the world’s largest treehouse in Crossville, Tennessee, the news came as an awful shock. In October 2019, a blaze consumed the singular construction. But for Horace Burgess, the treehouse’s architect, this is just how things go. He was well acquainted with how it feels to lose your own, self-built treehouse in an angry conflagration. Heck, he’d already burned one down himself. “It was just evil,” says...

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