On the Île de la Cité, its pointed towers reflected in the Seine, the Conciergerie is one of the most history-laden buildings in Paris. Once part of the original royal

Source: Pixabay The year 1453 marked one of the great turning points in world history, and Hagia Sophia stood at its centre. When the Ottomans took Constantinople under the sultan

Once, a doctor — a renowned historian and a leading scholar — was staying in a village. The old postmaster of the village grew curious about him. He wondered what

A sage was resting by the shore of a pond. His attention was caught by a dog, worn out with thirst, that kept coming right up to the water —

Source: Pixabay The golden dome rising at the centre of the Al-Aqsa compound is among the most recognisable images in the Islamic world. Often mistaken for the mosque itself, the

The eagle is the longest-living of birds; some reach seventy years. But to attain that age, at around forty it must make a very serious and difficult decision. As the

No monument symbolizes a city quite like the Eiffel Tower symbolizes Paris. This 330-metre iron giant has watched over the French capital since 1889, and seeing it for the first

Kilometre 9,288, a triumphal arch, a submarine you can walk through and the lighthouse at the edge of Russia.

On a cold January morning in 1649, a king of England stepped out onto a scaffold outside his own palace in Whitehall, said a few quiet words, knelt down, and

The First King Gılgamış (in Turkish real name)THE FIRST KING IN HISTORY, HERO GILGAMES Gilgames sat in the part of the palace overlooking the Euphrates River, watching the calm flowing