The Dazu Rock Carvings ( 大 足 石刻 ) are 62 miles west of Chongqing. In the hillsides around the city of Dazu 50 000 statues were carved in the rocks. Most are located on the North Hill and the Treasure Chest Mountain – Baoding Shan. Please watch the video You are currently viewing a […]
Ming Dynasty Tombs Beijing
The Ming Dynasty Tombs ( 明十三陵 ) – 31 miles away from the Chinese capital – are an interesting destination for visitors of Beijing. Half way between the Great Wall and Peking are the mausoleums of 13 of the 16 Ming emperors. The grave of Dingling, the Emperor Wanli ( 萬曆 ) between 1572 and […]
Archaeological site Aguntum – Austria
Aguntum, east of Lienz, in East Tyrol lies in the broad embouchure valley of the Isel into the Drava River. The region was already populated around 2.200 B.C., later it was settled by the Celts. A first great upswing of the region came along when the Romans secured the northern border along the Danube by […]
Akrotiri – The Pompeji of Greece
Visitors of the Greek Cycladic island of Santorini should not miss a visit to the archaeological site of Akrotiri in the south of the island. The closed since 2005 excavation site was reopened shortly before the Orthodox Easter, 2012. Please watch the video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access […]
Ancient Messene – Greece
After the victory of Thebes over Sparta in 369 BC, Messene was founded by the commander Epaminondas as the capital of Messenia, in order to prevent a regaining strength of Sparta. The city was still inhabited during the Byzantine period. Ancient Messene is located about 18 mi. north of the foundation of the modern era. […]
Dinosaurs in Zigong
China’s best known find spot of dinosaurs – the true “Jurassic park” – is in Zigong (自贡市) the prefecture-level city and third largest city in Sichuan Province, in southwest China. Please watch the video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note […]