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From Makkah to Madinah
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From Makkah to Madinah

Mar 31, 2015
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A new book uses GPS and GIS to trace the Prophet Muhammad’s route from Makkah to Madinah with increased accuracy
Masai warriors of southern Kenya singing in a cultural ceremony
Cultures

Climate tones

Mar 22, 2015
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Geography can change the way you speak, and not just through the use of jargon
Narthex north wall
Cultures

Ethiopia’s hidden treasures

Feb 26, 2015
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Ethiopia was among the world’s first Christian countries, but its many remote churches remain hidden – even from the locals
Cave paintings by the San or Bushmen people in South Africa. New studies have revealed their ancient lineage
Cultures

A band apart

Feb 22, 2015
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The Bushmen people's belief that they are amongst human's most ancient races has reportedly been proven
Shah-e-Doh Shamshira mosque, Kabul
Cultures

Afghan Ink

Feb 20, 2015
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An artist records day-to-day Afghan life from Kabul to Herat in ink
Replica of the Happisburgh axe above the beach where it was found.
Cultures

Britain’s deeper human history

Feb 19, 2015
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A vanishing UK coastline reveals a deeper human history
Ecuador, who wouldn’t want to live here?
Cultures

Expats’ Ecu-adore!

Feb 13, 2015
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A 2014 study, The World Through Expat Eyes, has found Ecuador to be the country with the most content expat population
Savoury steamed buns are one breakfast option in London’s Chinatown
Cultures

A geography of breakfast

Feb 09, 2015
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Doughnuts, eels, and bean curd buns feature on breakfast menus across the world. Geographical looks at global breakfasts, from the full English to beyond
No dice in Macau
Cultures

No dice in Macau

Feb 08, 2015
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Gambling accounted for 80 per cent of the government’s revenue in 2013, but recent figures are showing that Macau’s gaming economy has started to go wrong
Walker at AIDSwalk, Arizona on 12 October 2014
Cultures

Study links online dating to HIV increase

Feb 06, 2015
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Before OKCupid, Tinder and Match.com, there was the Craigslist personal. A new study links an old-fashioned web hook-up site to an increase in US HIV infections
An American football ponders its existence
Cultures

Geography and the Super Bowl

Jan 27, 2015
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Geographers don’t need to actually understand the rules to appreciate the issues surrounding one of the world’s biggest annual sporting events
Boldt Island’s fairy-tale power station
Cultures

‘Unlucky’ island

Jan 27, 2015
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Boldt Castle is a curious monument to a tycoon’s misfortune
Statues on Easter Island
Cultures

Unearthing the road to Easter Island’s statues

Jan 14, 2015
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A new survey at the island’s volcanic quarry sheds further light on ancient statues
A Chinese woman walks with her granddaughter in Beijing
Cultures

A million families apply for a second child in China

Jan 13, 2015
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As China relaxes its infamous one-child policy, one million families apply for the legal right to have a second child
Statue by Peter B. Jones at the Ganondagan Heritage Center. Construction crane for new arts and cultural centre in the background
Cultures

Preserving New York’s Seneca heritage

Jan 12, 2015
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In Upstate New York a heritage centre is preserving a region’s natural, cultural and agricultural history
Traditional Sami reindeer-skin tents (lappish yurts) in Troms region of Norway
Cultures

Sámi peoples in a changing Arctic

Jan 08, 2015
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As logging and climate change alter the Arctic, the indigenous Sámi peoples are open to a new world
Making contact
Cultures

Making contact

Dec 25, 2014
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It’s fairly well known that Amazonia, a huge forest region that straddles the Brazil–Peru border, is home to indigenous groups that have little or no contact with the outside world
New data shows which countries drink the most alcohol
Cultures

The world’s heaviest drinkers

Dec 22, 2014
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A World Health Organization report has revealed the world’s highest consumers of alcohol
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