In the granite hills of southern Africa stand the ruins of a great city built entirely of stone, its curving walls raised without mortar and rising in places to more

Deep in the interior of southern Africa rise the magnificent stone ruins of Great Zimbabwe, the remains of one of the greatest cities of medieval Africa. Its massive walls, built

“Greek civilization is definitely a follower of Anatolian civilization.It is not a forerunner. It cannot be a pioneer because the Greek existence is not as old as the Anatolian civilization.When

On a small island in Lake Mälaren, west of Stockholm, stands one of the most romantic and historically rich castles in Sweden. Gripsholm, with its round red-brick towers reflected in

Rising from an isolated hill of sandstone that towers above the city that shares its name, in the heart of central India, Gwalior Fort is one of the most magnificent

In the heart of modern Seoul, surrounded by glass towers and the roar of one of Asia’s great cities, lies a vast and tranquil world of wooden halls, painted eaves,

For nearly a thousand years, from the first century before the common era to the tenth century after it, the kingdom of Silla ruled from a single valley in the

On a windswept Maltese clifftop stands Ħaġar Qim, a limestone temple raised more than 5,000 years ago — older than the pyramids, and still standing against the sea.

High in the Austrian Alps, a picture-perfect village of steep-roofed houses clings to a narrow strip of shore between a dark mountain and a still green lake. Hallstatt is one

In a country where almost everything is built from grey granite or dark timber, there stands a castle the colour of warm terracotta. Häme Castle rises in glowing red brick