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The map that records every documented tornado in the history of the United States

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Euronews has published a report on the shrinking of Europe's major rivers during the drought of 2022: the bed has been laid bare in the Italian Po, the Dutch Waal, the German Rhine, the French Loire, the Guadiana in Spain, the Danube and the Thames

The East · Geography · Maps · Monarchies · Society

Catherine the Great's Greek Project: A Plan to Crush the Ottoman Empire

Out of the shards of the Ottoman possessions, Catherine planned to fashion a New Byzantine realm for her grandson Constantine, who was to be enthroned in Constantinople. On the map these lands are marked in red. Catherine is believed to have put faith in the Orthodox prophecy of Constantine, the

Architecture · Geography · Moscow

The name Skorodom for the ring of slobodas around Moscow before the earthen rampart was built

Until 1637-40, when Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich had an earthen rampart raised around Moscow, the ring of suburbs encircling the Kremlin, the Bely Gorod and the Kitay-Gorod was known as Skorodom, or Skorodum. Why? In 1588-1592 the villages around Moscow were hastily enclosed with wooden walls, since an

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European drought exposes hunger stones with warning inscriptions in the Elbe

European drought exposes so-called hunger stones in riverbeds. The inscription on one of the stones in the Elbe reads: "If you see me, weep." Stones marked with extremely low water levels on the Elbe have surfaced in 2018, in 1918 and in the nineteenth century. The marks

NB! · Archive · Architecture · Geography · London

The world's oldest Underground station, Baker Street, London: 157 years apart

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The Omnes Viae website calculates travel times on Roman roads using an interactive map

If air links with Europe are this difficult, perhaps it is time to turn to the routes of Ancient Rome? A website has appeared with an interactive map on which you can plan a journey along roads laid down 2,000 years ago. Any journey in the days of the

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A map showing the spread of dumplings along the Great Silk Road and other trade routes of antiquity

A map showing the spread of dumplings along the Great Silk Road and other trade routes of antiquity. Today you will see nothing more important

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A View of Hiroshima Before and After the Atomic Bombing of 6 August 1945

Brick wall of a Venetian building with an arch filled in with brick where a canal once ran, beside a staircase and a paved square.

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Venice's Filled-In Canals from the Period of Austrian and French Rule

During the years of Austrian and French rule in Venice, many canals were filled in to ease pedestrian traffic through the city. It is now hard to imagine how greatly this altered the look of the place. But the drained and covered canals are now part of its history

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The Panagia Chozoviotissa Monastery on Amorgos, Founded in 1017

Panagia Hozoviotissa is an Orthodox monastery for men, perched on a rock on the island of Amorgos in the Aegean Sea, where Luc Besson filmed "The Big Blue". The monastery was founded in 1017 and remains active; today it is home to three Orthodox monks. The monks produce

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