Climate change – not Genghis Khan – was to blame for wiping out Central Asia’s medieval river civilisations 700 years ago, a new study claims. UK researchers investigated the river channels around the Aral Sea in Central Asia, which was historically a vast body of water but is now a fraction of its former size. Hundreds … Read more
A Mayan temple discovered in Mexico is 3,000-years-old, making it the civilisations ‘oldest monument’ and no statues to the elite hints at a more egalitarian society. The temple site in Tabasco, Mexico, was discovered by archaeologists from the University of Arizona and an international team during an expedition in 2017. The site, called Aquada Fénix, is … Read more
Ruinous hotels aren’t typically recommended – but an exception can definitely be made for this one for a post-lockdown escape. Behold the one-of-a-kind Museum Hotel in Antakya, Turkey, a lodge for wannabe Tomb Raiders that ‘floats’ above the ruins of over a dozen civilisations dating back to the third century BC, which were discovered in … Read more