The Goba meteorite is the largest known meteorite in the world. The date of Goba's fall to earth is at least 30,000 years ago, while the age of the space guest itself is more than a hundred million years old. Jacobus Hermanus Britz found this meteorite weighing 50 tonnes, consisting of nickel and iron, in the twenties of the last century. In the eighties, a stone amphitheatre was created around the meteorite and a wall was built to display all information about the Goba meteorite.
Khan-Al-Khalili is a large market in the Muslim neighbourhood of Cairo, one of the city's striking landmarks. The square that Khan-Al-Khalili occupies was originally the site of the Saffron Tomb mausoleum, the burial place of the Fatimid caliphs. Emir Al-Khalili ordered the destruction of the Fatimid cemetery in 1382 in order to build a large caravanserai. At that time, this was the central... read more
The Catholic Church of the Visitation in the Jerusalem suburb of Ein Karem is named after one of the most beautiful Gospel episodes - Mary's visit to Elizabeth.
read moreIn the heart of Athens, northwest of the Acropolis, lie the ruins of the Ancient Agora. During the period of ancient Greece (from about the beginning of the 6th century BC) it was the political, financial, administrative, cultural and religious ce... read more
