Category: newsletter
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Interesting Facts
Interesting Facts Aussies picked up the most medals each at the Sydney Olympics, which brings them into the all time top 11. Finns are perhaps the world's greatest athletes, ranked…
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Macchu Picchu
Unesco has warned Peru that the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu might lose its world heritage status if they do not act to protect it. Every year, hundreds of thousands…
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Ignominy for Beetles
Whilst we are talking about insects: spotted by webmaster Paul, US Entomologists Quentin Wheeler and Kelly B. Miller recently had the task of naming 65 newly discovered species of slime-mold…
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A Little Part of Istanbul
When Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror took over Istanbul in 1453, he first ordered the construction of a new palace for this new Ottoman capital, on a site in the district…
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New Resting Place for Nelson's Sailors
The bodies of 30 British soldiers and sailors and their families, who died during Nelson’s Nile campaign more than 200 years ago were discovered on the small island by an…
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Gettysburg a Civil War Battlefield by Susan Velasquez
A visit to Gettysburg will take you back in time, where you can almost hear the ghosts of the civil war soldiers and, louder still, the cannons still bursting in…
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Snails Big Business in Bosnia
Did you know that there are estimated to be around 300 snail farms in former war torn Bosnia? One kilogram of snails is sold for four around euros (£2.70). France…
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Country Statistics: Lowest Population Density
Want to get away and escape the crowds? LOWEST POPULATION DENSITY2 (per sq mi): 2004 Western Sahara – 2.6 Mongolia – 4.6 Namibia – 6.1 Australia – 6.7 Botswana –…
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New Necropolis Found
A joint A US and Egyptian archaeological team say they have found the largest funerary complex yet dating from the earliest era of ancient Egypt, more than 5,000 years ago…
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Mac's Travel Tips
We are sorry to say that Mac is not very well, but he is still e-mailing strong and recently sent the Beetle a collection of travel reminiscences about Japan and…