TAN team has just returned home after more than 4 weeks on the road. The main goal of our expedition was to reach the northernmost region of Turkey and visit numerous archaeological and historical sights on the way there and back. During 29 days of the expedition, we travelled around the country, covering the distance of more than 6,000 kilometres. We made 14,000 photos and visited around 50 archaeological sites, historical towns and stand alone structures. You can follow our approximate route and read the very brief descriptions of the most important places visited.
While cemeteries are often only visited after a loved one has passed, they also serve as important places to mourn. One very famous cemetery that is
Viking, member of the Scandinavian seafaring warriors who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the 9th to the 11th century. Made up of landowning chieftains and clan heads, their retainers, freemen, and others, these Scandinavians were independent farmers at home but raiders and pillagers at sea.
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A sunken vessel was recently found off the coast of King William Island, matching the description of a bombing vessel used for an expedition in the 1800s.
August 31 marks the 20th anniversary of the Princess of Wales's death.
This grand monument is built into the rock on the foothills of Mount of Olives. The bible tells us that this is the tomb of Avshalom (Absalom), son of David, who was killed by David’s men after a failed mutiny.
Mary Queen of Scots is buried in a tomb erected by her son James I in the south aisle of the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey.
Journalist Michael St Maur Shiel visited hundreds of Commonwealth War Graves sites around the world as part of a new book, which tells the story behind those killed in action during WWI.
Faced with the possibility I’d have no future at all, I abandoned lofty goals and momentum and found something far richer.
MAROPENG, SOUTH AFRICA — Palaeontologists in South Africa said Monday they have found the oldest known burial site in the world, containing remains of a small-brained distant relative of humans previously thought incapable of complex behavior.
επιστολή στην Υπουργό Πολιτισμού της Κροατίας Nina Obuljen Korzinec για μια παραγωγή της παραδοσιακής Κροατικής κινηματογραφικής εταιρείας Jadran Film (ιδρύθηκε το 1945) με τίτλο «Μακεδονία»
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Best known as the burial place of the Churchill family, St. Martin's Church of Bladon is also dedicated to St. Martin of Tours, a most familiar Christian saint.
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Otha Anders had been picking pennies up off the street for 45 long years. One day, he decided it was time to cash in on his findings.
Kings of Prussia (known as Kings In Prussia until 1772) Friedrich I Elizabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel Sophia Charlotte of Hanover Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Friedrich Wilhelm I Sophia …
by An Ard Rí and Susan Flantzer © Unofficial Royalty 2012 The Tudors ruled England from 1485 until 1603, held the Lordship of Ireland from 1485 until 1541, and held the Kingdom of Ireland from 154…
