Due to the hostile environment in Australia and the immense distance from Europe, many of the explorers who played key roles in the country’s discovery met unfortunate ends, often dying during the journey or simply vanishing without a trace.
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Stave churches are unique to Norway, and amongst the oldest wooden buildings in the world. These beautiful historic buildings are a surviving record of the intermingling of paganism and Christianity in the Norwegian people as far aback as the 12th century, and only about 30 originals of these unique structures remain.
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The vast city of Caracol, which covers 30 square miles, had its heyday in the Classical Mayanperiod, between 700 and 900 AD. Although there are Mayan ruins scattered throughout Central America, we know relatively little about the powerful city-states that dominated the region at that time.
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Pisa is a lively university town that retains the cultural heritage from the 11th and 13th centuries. But Medieval Pisa was an aggressive trading power and one of the richest cities in the world. And this wealth must have inspired them to do something outstanding for the city.
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