stands a stone monument that was misinterpreted for a long time: the Tower of the Scipios. The tower’s name comes from the mistaken belief that the Scipios, famous for their campaigns in the Second ...

Perhaps less well-known is a discovery in a Middle Eastern country that, in recent years, has become one of the most dangerous due to a long-lasting brutal civil war. Tell Qaramel is an ...

built with red bricks in order to save money as there were no local stone quarries. The domed tower roofs were added in 1525. The cathedral was severely damaged by bombing during World War II ...