Geography provides a sense of place. What a country has, in terms of strategic location and natural resources, can determine its role in the world. See why geography matters in this collection of stories.
This image depicts how a ceremonial shield, made of gold and ivory, appeared when it was first discovered at the Tomb of Philip at Vergina.Believed to...
The town of Tyrenear today's town of Sor (in Lebanon)was part of the Roman world.
The town known today as Cividale, in northeastern Italy, had already been settled by Celts and Veneti when Julius Caesar established a municipium (tow...
After several hours of erupting, the gas pressure propelling Vesuvius’ eruption plume, in 79 AD, begins to falter. The eruption cloud itself begins ...
The old North Bridge was the scene of a battle between Patriots and Redcoats on the 19th of April, 1775. It remains a famous American landmark.
Cortona, located in today's Tuscany, is an ancient city with a gorgeous view.
The Nazi's bombed Coventry to brea morale, learn why it did not work.
The lochs of Scotland and Ireland hold many secrets. Among them are crannogs, ancient conical homes built upon the waters of the lochs that sculpt the...
Celebrating 2000 Martian days of exploring the Red Planet, Curiosity is a moving science lab, considerably different from "Spirit" and "Opportunity" b...
William Wordsworth, an English poet who served as Britain's Poet Laureate between 1843-1850, was greatly inspired by nature.
As a pyroclastic flow races toward Pompeii, people in the town fear for their lives. Thousands of years later, when excavators begin to uncover what h...
By May 18, 2010, an expanding oil slick resulting from Deepwater Horizon's explosion, was just off the Mississippi Delta.
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