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Where Cargo Ships Go To Die
Deserts are not the places one would associate with shipwrecks. But ghostly remains of once proud schooners, cruise ships or freighters smack in the middle of a desert are not as rare as one might think. Deserts and accompanying dust storms steering unsuspecting ships off course are often the culprits but also advancing deserts and sadly, increasing desertification worldwide.
Continue reading...Former War Zones Too Dangerous to Enter
Monday, October 26, 2009
When the smoke clears and the last shells have fallen, some war zones will retain painful reminders of former unpleasantries. Uncleared and unmapped, it's safe to say minefields present an extremely unpredictable and deadly danger to civilians, often long after the conflict in which they were used in has come to a close. Here are some of the deadliest places to go walking unescorted...
Continue reading...Treasures of the Ancient World Carved Into Rock
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
For almost 2600 years from 1280 BCE to the 12 and 13th century CE, rock-cut architecture was all the rage from the Far East and Orient, to Africa and the Middle East. It is the practice of creating buildings by carving solid rock, preferably from the top down. Unlike caves and other natural rock crevices, rock-cut architecture is all man-made. Follow us while we take a tour of the most spectacular tombs and cave dwellings carved into rocks around the world...
Continue reading...10 Beautiful Yet Deadly Mega Metropolises
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Any city with a few million inhabitants is bound to have problems: population, pollution, transportation, water quality, sanitation, crime, natural disasters – you name it. A mega metropolis with a population of 10 or even 20 million will have massive ones especially if it is disadvantaged due to geographic location. Let’s take a look at ten of these mega metros around the world and see what’s bothering them most.
Continue reading...The Enthralling Symmetry of Beach Umbrellas
Friday, July 3, 2009
A day at the beach: people, beach towels, chairs, sand, the smell of sun tan lotion, sea, sun and beach umbrellas. What seems like random beach activity is actually quite an organised environment, from colours to chairs to those saviours of the pale – the beach umbrellas whose arrangements structure life at the beach. See for yourself how the whole beach experience has become less haphazard and more picturesque.
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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