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The Wild Tale of How John the Baptist’s Head Ended Up in France’s Largest Cathedral
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSylvain Sonnet/GettyOn the evening of Sept. 8, 1206, Walon de Sarton, a minor cleric who had...
‘Kansas City is so ugly’: How our town leveled up from its dirty, hilly, homely past
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 12 months agoLocal folks like to boast about the beauty of Kansas City, with its boulevard system to rival Paris’...
Hidden tunnel and rooms unearthed under 1,500-year-old church in Istanbul
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoArchaeologists have excavated subterranean rooms and a tunnel under an early church in Istanbul,...
Venice in winter: Why you should wait until the off-season to visit Italy’s floating city
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCITY BREAK: Keen to avoid crowds of tourists and inflated prices, Annabel Grossman took a trip to La...
Broken pagan statue of Greek god Pan unearthed at early church ruins in Istanbul
Live Science via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA marble statue of the Greek god Pan was found in "backfill" at an archaeological site in Istanbul...
25 Best Things to Do in Istanbul
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFrom historic squares to the Grand Bazaar, there's much to do in the Turkish metropolis. Kateryna Kolesnyk/Getty Images Surely there has never been a...
The Assassin's Creed Mirage map is somewhere between that of Revelations and Unity
TechRadar via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBasim walking on a rope between two buildings in Assassin's Creed Mirage The Assassin's Creed Mirage...
‘Venice’ Review: The View From the Lagoon
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF Dennis Romano’s “Venice: The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City” begins with a series of observations about Venice made by eminent...
7 of the best cities to visit in Turkey
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew countries so close to home can tick off as many travel essentials as Turkey, with flights from the UK taking around four hours, or about four days if...
Salzburg offers picturesque views, fascinating history
Victorville Daily Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen my lovely wife, Laureen, and I visited the city of Salzburg in Austria this past fall, there...
