Structures

Standing prominent above Old Istanbul and its waterfront, Topkapi Palace is an immense1 structure with a long and regal history - from its role as the centre of the Ottoman Empire, to its current operation as a museum housing sacred…

After the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt's next most visited historical site is the Karnak temple complex just outside Luxor. Karnak was constructed over a period of 1300 years by approximately 30 different pharaohs, and eventually grew to become a collection…

This enormous hexagon, a mile and a half in diameter, looks like some kind of massive occult symbol etched in the scrub on the remote western coast of Australia, 700 miles north of Perth. In fact, we're looking at a…

The spectacular Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved Roman city on the coast of Libya which has a history dating back over 3,000 years. Today the archaeological site is protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With a history dating…

When the Romans invaded Britain in the 1st century AD, they never quite managed to conquer Caledonia - the area now known as Scotland. We'll never know whether the Roman army felt it was too much like hard work to…

The European Space Agency is a collaboration between 18 European states with the simple aim of "exploring space" and yesterday they announced their first new recruits to the Astronaut Corps in more than a decade. The European Space Agency's spaceport…