At first glance the Babylon site is a strange Disneyland vision of what Babylon ought to look like, with impossibly pristine new brickwork and fanciful towers and ramparts. Just as though some Wizard has cast a magical “rebuild” spell. But much of this fanciful reconstruction is built on original foundations. Our site guide pointed at […]
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Ancient Babylon Rebuilt!
March 30, 2012
The Oracle at Siwa
March 29, 2010
A visit to the Oracle of Amun in the Egyptian desert, with a lush oasis and prophetic donkeys.
Khojand: Alexandria-the-Furthest
September 29, 2009
Khojand (aka Khujand) is a sleepy industrial town in Northern Tajikistan. In an earlier age it was Leninabad. And in an even earlier one, it was Alexandria-the-Furthest. Yes, Big Alex was here, pursuing a Scythian army. In 329 b.c. he re-founded the existing city as Alexandria Eschate (“Alexandria the Farthest”) on the Jaxartes River. Unfortunately […]
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