Uxmal – Pyramid of the Magician and Nuns’ Quadrangle – Puuc
Uxmal is a former Mayan city located on the Yucatan Peninsula, more precisely in its northern part, in the Puuc region. The Puuc hill range, about 100 km south of […]
Author: Barbara Berek
I am a passionate enthusiast of travel, archeology, photography and dancing :) On this page I try to combine the first three elements: P and show you that travelling becomes definitely more interesting when we discover visited places, and often inconspicuous ruins hide the most fascinating stories :)
Palenque – Pre-Columbian Mayan Pyramids In Chiapas Region
Immersed in a tropical forest, Palenque is situated right in front of the first mountains of the Chiapas region. The main part of the archaeological site consists of numerous pyramid-shaped […]
Picturesque Schaffhausen on the Rhine and the Munot fortress
Schaffhausen is a Swiss town on the Rhine near the German border. The picturesque streets of the old town are full of beautiful, colorful tenement houses. Whether in Gothic, Renaissance […]
Rhine Falls – the largest waterfall in Europe, 150 m width
I must admit that waterfalls are one of those natural phenomena that I would not associate with Europe in any way. At least not the ones, which are big, meaningful, […]
Mount Nebo – Moses’ death and the biblical Promised Land
Mount Nebo has been inhabited since antiquity. However, it was marked by a biblical event, namely the death of Moses, who climbed this mountain at the end of his life […]
Orange Bay, Giftun Island and the azure Red Sea
Thirsty for sun and warmth, tempted by vacation photos, or maybe after long days spent exploring Egyptian monuments full of fascinating history, going to Egypt, we will most likely go […]
Abu Simbel, Great Temple of Ramesses II, Temple of Nefertari
The Great Temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II, carved out of a rocky cliff in the 13th century BC at Abu Simbel, and the adjacent Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari […]
Temple of Kom Ombo and crocodile Sobek – sailing on the Nile
As Herodotus once rightly put it, when he called Egypt the gift of the Nile, to this day Egypt is the Nile and there would be no Egypt without the […]
Saqqara – Step Pyramid of Djoser, 1st and the oldest pyramid
The history of ancient Egypt and its amazing monuments still fascinate many travelers, although it must be admitted that this is not an expedition resembling the endeavors of the 19th […]