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Rafah Train Station, Palestine in the 1930s A gentleman, dressed in black boots, is posing for the camera under the Rafah train station nameboard, on the British-built Haifa to Cairo main line in northern Sinai.

Celestial Secrets of the Vulture Stele: Echoes of an Ancient Cosmic Catastrophe The Vulture Stele, a mysterious monument estimated to be over 12,000 years old, stands as one of the most enigmatic artifacts found in southeastern Turkey, near the renowned site of Göbekli Tepe. Carved with...

In 1980, during the early years of the Soviet-Afghan War, a Soviet helicopter was photographed flying past one of the towering Bamiyan Buddhas, serene figures carved into the cliffs of central Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley. These monumental statues, built in the 6th century, stood as enduring...

Taş Tepeler: Discovering Humanity’s Earliest Monuments in Türkiye’s Ancient Landscape Nestled in the rugged landscape of Şanlıurfa in southeastern Türkiye is Taş Tepeler, an astonishing group of Neolithic sites that have transformed our understanding of early human history. At its core is...

Lisa, known worldwide as La Mona Lisa. Her real name was Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini, a Florentine of noble lineage belonging to the Gherardini family of Tuscany, Italy. Lisa was portrayed by Leonardo da Vinci at the commission of her husband, unaware that her image would become a global...

انوبيس (Anubis) قدیم مصری عقیدے میں موت، حنوط (mummification)، اور مردوں کی روحوں کی رہنمائی سے متعلق ایک طاقتور اور پراسرار دیوتا تھا۔ اس کی شخصیت صدیوں پر پھیلے مصری مذہبی نظام میں مرکزی اہمیت رکھتی تھی۔ عام طور پر ایک کالے گیدڑ (jackal) یا گیدڑ کے سر والے انسان کے طور پر دکھایا جاتا ہے۔ کالا...

وہیل مچھلی کا پیشاب آبی مخلوق کیلئے اللہ کی باکمال کائناتی حکمت! دنیا کی سب سے بڑی مخلوقات میں شمار ہونے والی وہیل مچھلی محض اپنی جسامت کے سبب حیرت کا باعث نہیں، بلکہ اس کے جسمانی افعال بھی کائناتی نظام کے ایک نہایت دقیق توازن کا مظہر ہیں۔ آج سائنس یہ تسلیم کرتی ہے کہ وہیل مچھلی کا پیشاب اور...

Habib Bank Plaza Construction 1963

Unearthed through the lens of satellite imagery, Saudi Arabia's 4,500-year-old "funerary avenues" reveal an astonishing tapestry of history. These expansive networks of pathways, adorned with keyhole-shaped tombs from the era of 2600–2000 BC, stretch for hundreds of miles and weave through the...

A reboot of the TREMORS franchise is coming to Netflix in August 2025, starring Kevin Bacon. It will be an 8-episode series set in Perfection, Nevada. While it's not a remake of the original movie, it's a sequel focused on Val McKee and the remaining cast and crew, with Val McKee as the main...

The suffering ends. The chaos begins.

Mummy & coffin of Tamit Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, c. 722–664 B.C. Likely from Thebes. Now at the Museo Egizio. Cat. 2218/02. Cat. 2218/01 ▫️Examination of Tamit's remains reveal that she died at a young age and was interred in an anthropoid wooden coffin, typical of the...

About 3,200 years ago, civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean, North Africa, and the Near East thrived through cultural exchange, trade, and diplomacy. However, in the 12th century BCE, these societies mysteriously collapsed, marking the beginning of a “dark age” characterized by social and...

Very rare photograph of the Sphinx in 1894.

NORTH OF NORTH arrives on Netflix tonight at midnight!