Pompeii: Vesuvius in 79 CE and a City Frozen in Ash
The 79 CE eruption, rediscovery, what the ruins reveal, UNESCO tourism—hedging death toll and date debates.
The Great Wall of China: Why and How It Was Built
Frontier defence from Qin traditions to Ming brick, length myths versus surveys, UNESCO and tourism today.
Machu Picchu: Inca Estate, Bingham and the Myth of Discovery
Machu Picchu as Pachacuti’s royal estate, new AMS dates (c. 1420–1530), abandonment after the conquest, local farmers before Bingham’s 1911 visit, the Yale artifacts, UNESCO and 2026 visitor caps.