Alexander von Humboldt portrait, 1806, H.G. Weitsch, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (Photo P. Hunt 2016) By Patrick Hunt – Introduction Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), the German polymath naturalist and explorer genius whose travels took him to the New World for several years, made many astute observations and discoveries about geography and […]
By A.C. Williams – The feudal age of castles is well represented in the Rhine Valley in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Austria. Scattered throughout the mountainous terrain and usually near the base of these ranges are numerous remains of the castles and forts that once ruled and dictated this Alpine passage […]
By Ömer Bülent Sever Göbekli Tepe (“Stomach Hill” in Turkish) is a unique archaeological site, a Stone Age sanctuary beneath massive sediments on a hill at about 750 meters (2460 ft.) above sea level and about 15 kilometers (9.5 miles) northeast of the city of Şanliurfa (Urfa / Edessa) in […]
by A. C. Williams The Abbey Library of Saint Gall, known as the Stiftsbibliothek of St. Gallen, is one of the oldest and most illustrious libraries in the world. The Stiftsbibliothek and surrounding St. Gall Abbey precinct have together served for centuries as one of the leading cultural centers in […]
By Danny Wood Three brothers, Danny, Ben and Sam Wood, search for archaeological traces of Hannibal, the Carthaginian warrior, as they cycle his two thousand mile trail from Spain to Tunisia, for a BBC Television documentary We’d just finished riding up the Tourmalet, known as one of the toughest Tour […]