Angkor is a vast temple city in Cambodia. It is one of the many lost cities in the world. Nowadays, it features just several remains of the capital of the Khmer Empire. The Empire dated from the 9th to the 15th century, and the remains include the famous Angkor Wat temple, Bayon Temple, and many … Read more
Many centuries ago, people had no engineering degree. No university where they can study engineering, or anything similar. Yet, they had some of the greatest engineering achievements in history. One such example is the Great Buddha of Leshan, standing over 230 feet tall, and carved from a single stone in the early 9th century. Leshan … Read more
One of the newer societies run by women is the Umoja Uaso. It was founded in 1990 and it is an all-female village that started as a refuge for women in abusive relationships. Most of the inhabitants are girls running from forced marriages or genital mutilation. Women here previously belonged to the Samburu tribe, where … Read more
Founded around the year 1350, Ayutthaya is a historical city. It started as a Khmer military and trading post, and soon enough became the ancient capital of Thailand. You can still visit the ruins of the city nowadays. Ayutthaya remained the capital of Thailand for four centuries before Burmese invades burned it down. Many of … Read more
The Mosuo are a small ethnic group living in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in China, very close to the border with Tibet. Their tribe is dubbed as “The Kingdom of Women” by the Chinese. With a population of only 50,000 people, the Mosuo people are an extremely small group. Why are they known as the … Read more
Nagoro is a slowly shrinking village in the valleys of Shikoku, Japan. But what makes the village unique is its population, or lack of it. Since the population dropped, one Nagoro local decided to try and make it lively. And she did it by populating the village with creepy dolls. Inhabitants of Nagoro left the … Read more
The Mongol Empire in China lasted from 1271 CE to 1368 CE. Also known as the Yuan Dynasty, it was a period of Mongol rule over the Chinese empire. Kublai Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, was the person who managed to conquer China. During the period of Mongol Rule in China, they introduced administrative … Read more
Since the dawn of civilization, people have been trying to control fertility through different means. For example, in ancient Greece and Rome, women drank juices made from the Silphium plant to prevent pregnancy. Luckily for everyone, women in the modern era have access to safer, more effective, affordable, and better contraceptives. Birth control has been … Read more
When you watch Lalibela from a distance, the only sign there is something there is the stream of people flowing in and out of crevices. There is absolutely no sign of underground temples. Visits to Lalibela are timed for the moments when the congregations ebb, using the intermissions in daily services to negotiate the canyons. … Read more