Shutterstock One of the Most Extreme Places in the West Coast Death Valley National Park covers 3.4 million acres in ...

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If I felt slightly silly coming to this ancient tourist trap every year, I was comforted that arguably the world’s coolest tourist, the exiled Russian, Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky ...

The “gap-toothed girl wrapped in nothing more than a quantity of dirty carpet” would soon rise from her humble beginnings, to become the first African-American poet. One with a penchant for the ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

Horace can be your friend for life, as an impressive variety of people have found, from Wordsworth to Voltaire, Petrarch to Brecht, and now Harry Eyres, journalist, wine lover, poet and writer of the ...

Major spoilers to all the films and works referenced. The opening shot makes a reference to the Divine Comedy, the literary masterpiece by Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Dante’s work tells the tale of ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...

Ashtapadi songs are in Sanskrit, written by ancient poet Jayadeva. His text is also called Gita Govindham. It tells the story of Lord Krishna and the love between Krishna and Gopikas. In Guruvayur ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...

Bob Dylan has a number of links to Dylan Thomas, said author Jeff Towns Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's decision to take his stage name from the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is "hugely important for ...