As al - Qaida advanced on Mali's fabled city of Timbuktu in 2012, a small group of archivists and librarians risked their lives on an elaborate plan to save thousands of rare manuscripts from the marauders. (discovermagazine.com)
When civilization arrived in this northern edge of the Mesopotamian plain, the story goes, it was bestowed by the Sumerians from fabled cities like Ur, Uruk, Eridu. (discovermagazine.com)
The resort shows off Hawaii at its most charming, capturing views of the Pacific Ocean, Diamond Head Crater, the Koolau Mountains and Honolulu's fabled city lights. (dunhilltraveldeals.com)