The 55 stone steps take me to a vast underground opening where rows of floodlit columns are partially submerged under the clear freshwater. Grey fish…
The Architectural Marvels of Constantinople
From the outside it is a structure of plain layers of bricks protruding from the exposed weathered pink wall, supporting a massive dome flanked by…
Kota Lama: Between Restoration and Reinvention
Only time will tell. This cliché has been proven over and over again. We’ll never know what the future has in store, and despite our…
A Travel Through Time, Coventry
Coventry is the second largest city in the West Midlands, trailing only Birmingham which is the country’s second largest city after London. Located only 19…
Prambanan: The One that Keeps Calling
Do you have a special place that, for whatever reason, keeps calling you to return even though you’ve been there many times? I do. Those…
Madaba’s Marvelous Mosaics
Humans and art are inseparable. Thanks to the discoveries of cave paintings around the globe from France to Indonesia, dating back more than 40,000 years…
Along the Colonnaded Street of Jerash
Several months ago, after so many years of dreaming, I finally got the chance to visit ancient Roman ruins for the very first time in…
Australia, Building A New Nation
On July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia, thirteen colonies in North America declared independence from the United Kingdom, 169 years after the first colony was established.…
Batujaya: Dawn of an Era
It rises conspicuously amid green rice paddies as far as the eyes can see. Rectangular in shape and made from red bricks that are much…