The Filipino Hero Who Killed Ferdinand Magellan
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 26, 2019
Ferdinand Magellan is remembered in the west as the intrepid Portuguese explorer who led the first voyage to circumnavigate the globe, but f...
The Caves of Maresha And Bet-Guvrin
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 25, 2019
The Shfela lowlands in south-central Israel, at the foot of the Judaean Mountains, is characterized by a thick layer of soft chalk that was ...
The Ancient Portraits of Fayuum Mummies
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2019
These haunting portraits of long-dead men, women and children come from a vast region known as the Fayuum Basin, located immediately to the ...
Moqui Marbles And Martian Blueberries
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2019
Across many places in southern Utah, in the western United States, where the orange-colored sandstone gives way to the spectacular white- an...
Charvolant: The Kite-Drawn Carriages
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2019
On 8 January 1822, an extraordinary journey was made from Bristol to Marlborough. An English schoolteacher named George Pocock took his wif...
Grammichele: The Hexagonal Town
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2019
Located in the province of Catania, in the Italian island of Sicily, is the town of Grammichele. It is one of the few towns in the world to...
Cloughmills’ Crochet Village
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2019
The village of Cloughmills in County Antrim, in Northern Ireland, has a small model replica of their village displayed in their village hall...
The Great Wall of China Hoax
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2019
“Fake news” is a new term, but lies and propaganda is as old as written history, spread by individuals to aggrandize oneself or smear the pu...
The Gable Stones of Amsterdam
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 16, 2019
Before Amsterdam had house numbering, they had a curious way of identifying addresses. Each house and building in the city used to have a st...
Congreve Rolling Ball Clock
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 9, 2019
In the early 19th century, an Englishman named Sir William Congreve invented an unusual clock that kept time using balls rolling down an inc...
