Lasers Are Mapping Scotland’s Mysterious Iron Age Passages
[ad_1] In February 2022, Graeme Cavers and his team of archaeologists set off in search of a mysterious underground passage called a souterrain. There are around 500 of these Iron…
How an Iraqi Instagram Influencer Became a People Smuggler
[ad_1] Despite the danger, Khalid felt a duty to inform. Between February 2020 and May 2021, he published 146 posts on his Instagram account (@x6_9n) criticizing religion and promoting atheism…
Climate Change Is Burying Archaeological Sites Under Tons of Sand
[ad_1] The Nizari garrison at Gird Castle resisted the Mongol horde of Hulagu Khan for 17 years before surrendering in December 1270. The fortress rose 300 meters above the surrounding…
The Wild Plan to Export Sun From the Sahara to the UK
[ad_1] By the time Scotland’s Hunterston B nuclear power station closed in January of this year, its dual reactors had produced enough energy to power 1.8 million British homes for…