The SS Terra Nova has been found off the southern coast of Greenland by a crew from the U.S.-based Schmidt Ocean Institute, which was testing its acoustic sonar on the rugged seafloor topography of that area. The three-masted ship was built in 1884, and was best known for carrying British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his […]

The New York Times has more information on the damage done to Aleppo and its Old City during the continuing conflict between Syrian government forces and the insurgents. Within the Old City’s walls, a medieval Citadel rests on top of Bronze Age and Roman remains, and a 5,000-year-old structure known as the Temple of the […]