The world’s oldest operating irrigation system, located in Dujiangyan, China, has survived last week’s earthquake. The system¸ built in 256 B.C., diverts the flow of the Minjiang River with bamboo-framed islands. Specialists in Iraqi archaeology will meet in Berlin next month to discuss the damage done to Babylon by U.S. and Polish troops. Vibrations from […]

Happy Birthday Brooklyn Bridge! On May 22, 125 years ago, parades, fireworks, and a speech by President Arthur celebrated the opening of what Harper’s Weekly dubbed “our most durable monument.” Two men attacked Stonehenge, chipping a piece off the Heel Stone with a hammer and a screwdriver. Security guards spotted the vandals, and prevented further […]