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Monte Albán, the Zapotec capital, spread across a levelled mountaintop above the Valley of Oaxaca
History

Monte Albán: The Zapotec Capital on a Levelled Mountain

Above the city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, on a mountain ridge that was artificially levelled to make room for it, spreads the ancient capital of the Zapotec people. Monte

History

Monument to Chuvashian rug bedizis

From what we see in our Pazyryk findings, until today, the Chuvash Turks have also used and continue to use the rugs and rock beds used by the Turks. Not

Culture, Travel

Mount Athos: The Holy Mountain of Orthodox Christianity

On a long, mountainous peninsula reaching into the Aegean Sea in northern Greece lies one of the most extraordinary religious communities on earth. Mount Athos, known in Greek as the

The colossal stone heads of Mount Nemrut, scattered before an ancient royal tomb.
History

Mount Nemrut: The Colossal Stone Heads of a King Who Would Be a God

On a lonely mountain summit in southeastern Turkey, more than two thousand metres up, a row of colossal stone heads gazes out over the surrounding peaks. These giant faces, toppled

The summit and statue terraces of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey
History

Mount Nemrut: The Mountaintop Where a King Sat Among His Gods

Mount Nemrut is a mountaintop tomb sanctuary in southeastern Turkey where colossal statues of a king and his gods, carved over two thousand years ago, still gaze across the Anatolian

Multi-functional furniture in a compact living space
Home Trends

Multi-Functional Furniture: One Piece, Many Uses

Multi-functional furniture is a small-home essential. Explore nesting tables, storage beds, extendable pieces, and convertible designs that do double duty.

Mumbar Iskembe
Culture

Mumbar Iskembe Recipe – Amasya

Ingredients 2 cups bulgur 1 bunch of parsley 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 set of sheep tripe (with its bag) 1 teaspoon of salt How It

Lion Gate at Mycenae
History

Mycenae: Agamemnon’s Golden Citadel That Named a Civilization

For three thousand years the great stone lions above the gate of Mycenae have kept watch over an empty hill in the northeastern Peloponnese. They were carved when the citadel

The Lion Gate, the monumental entrance to the citadel of Mycenae.
History

Mycenae: The Golden Citadel of Agamemnon and the Age of Heroes

On a rocky hill in the Argolid of southern Greece stand the ruins of Mycenae, the stronghold of a warlike Bronze Age people who gave their name to a whole

Culture, Travel

Najaf and the Shrine of Imam Ali

Source: Pixabay In the deserts of southern Iraq lies Najaf, one of the holiest cities of Shia Islam and a place of pilgrimage for millions. At its heart stands the