Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...
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During World War II, as Nazi forces besieged the Russian city of Leningrad, scientists at the city’s famed seed bank made a pact to protect the collection and consume nothing, even if it could have ...
THE VAST AREA AROUND the French city of Verdun remains suspended in the year 1916 ... Known as the Zone Rouge, they remain forbidden territory to this day. The Département du Déminage was created ...