Luxor, Arabic Al-Uqṣur, also called El-Aksur, city and capital of Al-Uqṣur muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper Egypt. Luxor has given its name to the southern half of the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes. ... Read full article
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo, died in February after flying into a building. A necropsy found potentially lethal amounts of rodenticide in his body.... Read full article
When you hear “houseboat”, usually what comes to mind is a small house sailing the peaceful river waters. For Sandi and Ian however, living on a sailboat was the perfect way to sail the South Seas.... Read full article
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Nestled on the high Andean plateau lies the picturesque Lake Titicaca, a shimmering inland sea which the Inca believed to be the birthplace of the sun.... Read full article