The Lost City Of Knowledge

Alexandria, a royal Greek city in the land of the Pharaohs. Along the sandy banks of the Nile delta on the African Mediterranean coast, the most powerful metropolis of its time rose from virtually nothing. The Hellenistic culture mingled with the legacy of the Pharaohs and bore the fruits of a glorious new heritage.  

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Tibet, the path to Wisdom

Ani Rigsang has chosen a nomadic lifestyle in the land of white clouds. The Buddhist nun felt confined in Lhasa, and so today she has taken to the road to reconnect with her country’s spiritual traditions, which are now threatened by rapid modernization and the reinforcement of Chinese control over the region. From snowy mountains

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The History Of The First World Map

How does mankind find its way around the planet? How do people know where roads lead, and what lies on the far side of the ocean? Did Marco Polo have an atlas showing the way to China? Did the Romans mark the borders of their empire on maps? For thousands of years, distant lands and

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The astonishing intelligence of insects

The latest research shows we’ve long underestimated the intelligence of insects. Bumblebees, for example, succeed at behavioral tests also passed by intelligent crows. They use tools to reach nectar in an artificial flower. Behavioral biologist Elizabeth Tibbetts is amazed at the paper wasp’s capacity to learn and understand. “They may not be universal geniuses like

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