In India, to train elephants, they tie them while still very young to a stake with a thick chain. Of course, it is impossible for such a small calf to

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Source: Pixabay Tucked into the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s walled Old City stands the church that many Christians regard as the holiest place on earth: the Church of the Holy

Source: Pixabay A short drive south of Jerusalem, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, stands one of the oldest churches in continuous use anywhere in the world: the Church

Most churches keep their paintings safely inside, sheltered from the weather. In a remote corner of northern Romania, a handful of small monasteries did something almost unheard of: they covered

Rising from the very center of one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, the Citadel of Aleppo is not merely a castle but a mountain of memory. For

Rising on a rocky spur beneath the Mokattam hills, dominating the skyline of Cairo, stands one of the great medieval Islamic fortresses of the world: the Citadel of Cairo, the

In the northwest corner of the ancient walled city of Damascus, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, stands a great medieval fortress that has guarded the Syrian

High on the cliffs of Cap Diamant, looking down over the mighty St. Lawrence River and the rooftops of one of the oldest cities in North America, stands the great

Come over the hill toward Carcassonne, and you may think you have fallen asleep and woken inside a storybook. There, rising above the vineyards of southern France, stands an entire