Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is not the world’s longest coral reef, but it is also the largest natural structure on Earth built by living organisms. The reef is situated in the Coral Sea, stretching...
Wonders
Mount Everest
Because it’s There.”- This was how George Mallory, a famous British mountain climber, replied when a reporter asked him why he wanted to climb Mount Everest. On June 8, 1924, Mallory and fellow Englishman...
Warriors Of Clay
One of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was product of pure chance. In 1924 a group of Chinese peasants digging a well earthed the shards of a Terra-Cotta statue of a...
Lake Baikal
It is the oldest existing freshwater lake on our planet. Lake Baikal is also the deepest lake, containing more water than all of North America’s Great Lakes combined! The lake stays covered with ice...
Statue of Zeus
“If Zeus moved to stand up he would unroof the temple,” – so said the Greek historian, Strabo, about the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The statue was built the Greek sculptor Phidias. In...
Colossus of Rhodes
For about 56 years, the Colossus stood tall — a symbol of courage and unity of the people of Rhodes. The magnificent statue was built in honor of Helios, the sun god. The event...
Forensic Anthropology Research Facility
The Forensic Anthropology Research Facility (FARF) is maintained under the jurisdiction of the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS) This unusual outdoor research laboratory focuses on “reconstructing the postmortem interval to determine...
Countries and Statistics: Africa
Country Capital Area (km ²) Population Algeria Algiers 2,381,741 42,008,054 Angola Luanda 1,246,700 30,774,205 Benin Porto-Novo 112,622 1,485,674 Botswana Gaborone 581,726 2,333,201 Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 274,000 19,751,651 Burundi Bujumbura 27,830 11,216,450 Cabo Verde Praia...
