St Theodora’s tiny chapel in Central Peloponese, Greece, is definitely a miracle of nature, and for the believers, a sign of God’s might. Seventeen oak trees sprout from the roof and walls of the Church of Agia Theodora without any visual evidence of roots. Image credit: Atlas Obscura Considered as one of the most beautiful …
Decades before women even had the right to vote, they were climbing to the top of the highest mountains in Europe and elsewhere – wearing skirts and corsets. Lucy Smith and Pauline Ranken, members of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, climb the Salisbury Crags cliff in large boots and dresses. Edinburgh, 1908, colorized. Harnesses were …
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Did you know that the oldest wooden staircase in Europe is located at Salzwelten Hallstatt? And that it is almost 3,400 years old? Naturally, nobody trudges up and down those ancient stairs anymore, but you can still marvel at this amazing historical structure. Image credit: A. W. Rausch/Naturhistorisches Museum Wien In 2002, the wooden staircase …
Built almost 2000 years ago, they surround the entire old town. Image credit: eyeofmycanon Lugo is a city in the Autonomous Region of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is the only city in the world to be surrounded by completely intact Roman walls, which reach a height of 10 to 15 meters (33 to 49 …
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The following before & after pictures of the excavation of the Ancient Greek stadium of Magnesia have made rounds in social media, and with a reason. Here’s the story behind them. Image credit: Orhan Bingöl / @archaeologyart Until 1984, one could only guess that there might be an ancient stadium hiding underground in a horseshoe-shaped …
A British angler has broken the world record for catching the world’s biggest known goldfish, aptly nicknamed The Carrot which is believed to be around 20-years-old Angler Andy Hackett with his record-breaking goldfish (Image: JasonCrowther/BNPS) A Brit has reeled in an absolute whopper of a goldfish that dwarfs any found at a fairground. Andy Hackett, …
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Alex Pikul, 31, was enjoying a picturesque dive along the coast of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt when a horrifying triggerfish that looked like it ‘had dentures’ charged at his leg and attacked him The triggerfish’s odd human-like teeth sunk into the diver’s leg (Image: Kennedy News / Mar Hosted Trips) An unlucky bloke was …
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Fisherman Keith Dees and his son Huntley were shocked after landing a record-breaking ‘living fossil’ fish when on their annual Thanksgiving fishing trip last November This beast dates back over 100m years, 35m years before the last dinosaurs went extinct (Image: Facebook/keith.dees.37) A father and son fishing trip ended with the pair landing a record-breaking beast that is older than …
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Despite a find that scientists reckon comes with roughly a one in two million chance, a lifelong fisherman threw the ultra-rare and totally blue crustacean back into the ocean A fisherman has been left stunned after he pulled an incredibly rare blue lobster up from the ocean. Stuart Brown, 28, from Bangor, County Down, in Northern Ireland, said the …
Rescuers attempt to push stranded whales back into the ocean at Ujong Kareng beach in Aceh province, Indonesia, Nov 13, 2017. An official said 10 whales were stranded at the beach and attracted hundreds of onlookers who posed for pictures with them. (SYAHROL RIZAL / AP) JAKARTA – Indonesian volunteers managed to save six whales …
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