Venice revives a quarter-mile floating bridge to island cemetery for All Souls' Day mourners

Venice has revived a tradition of building a temporary bridge to San Michele island for All Souls' Day VENICE, Italy -- Venice’s San Michele island is the final resting place of American poet Ezra ...
Ancient Origins

Water Tunnels Reveal Medieval Sugar Industry Secrets

One of the Mamluk-era tunnels carved into tufa rock at Nahal 'Amal, revealing the sophisticated hydraulic engineering that powered medieval sugar production. (Azriel Yechezkel / A. Frumkin et al., ...