Nineveh: The Terrifying Assyrian Capital That Held the World’s Oldest Great Library
Across the Tigris from the modern city of Mosul lie the ruins of Nineveh, once the greatest city on earth and the capital of the mighty Assyrian Empire. For a
No condition can hinder Turkish unity!
Turkish unity is the order of creation; It is the command of Turkish lineage, Turkish blood, Turkish gene; It is the order of history. No event, no object and no
Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz SANÇAR said, “I am a Turk, that’s all!”
“Are you Arab?” “No, I’m a Turk, that’s all!” Aziz Beg replied, “For us, it is not only in the field of science; “He is the ONLY Turk who received
Nobody Agrees Who Built Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound
Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound winds for a quarter mile atop an ancient impact crater, and archaeologists still debate who built it and why.
Norse Explorers Reached Canada 500 Years Before Columbus
L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is the only confirmed Norse site in the Americas, dated precisely to the year 1021 CE.
Nubian Pyramids: Sudan, Not Egypt, Has the Most Pyramids on Earth
Sudan holds more pyramids than Egypt. Meet the kingdom of Kush, its warrior queens, the Black Pharaohs who once ruled Egypt, and the steep desert pyramids of Meroë.
Nuremberg Imperial Castle: The Fortress at the Heart of the Empire
Many of the castles in this series are fairy tales, romantic fantasies built or rebuilt in the nineteenth century to look the way we imagine castles should look. The Imperial
Olavinlinna: The Great Grey Fortress of the Finnish Lakes
There is a castle in the far east of Finland that looks as though it were dreamed up for a fairy tale and then somehow built in solid grey stone.
Old Ryazan: The Rus Capital the Mongols Destroyed in a Winter
On the Oka River, Old Ryazan was a wealthy Kievan Rus capital of churches and treasures, until the Mongol invasion of 1237 destroyed it in one of Russia’s great tragedies.
