Sentences with phrase «fabled city»

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.

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.

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.

At Troas, which was close to the Troy of Homer's Iliad, that fabled city to which Paris had allured Helen and against which the Greeks fought under her wronged husband, Menelaus, in order to bring her home again, Paul had a dream of a Macedonian beseeching him to cross the sea to Macedonia and help him and his people.

Whether it's lounging by the pool or meandering the historic corridors of our fabled city, your ideal summer begins at Windsor Court Hotel.

Doge's Palace and Outdoor Skating Rink The Venetian's front exterior will be adorned in winter schemes reminiscent of the fabled city of Venice.

Their descendants may have built the fabled city of Merv to the south, for millennia a key stop along the Silk Road.

Its elaborate administration and culture rivaled those of the fabled cities of southern Mesopotamia

On Valentine's day, you can take an after - hours tour through New York at Its Core to discover the weird, the cool, the famous, and the infamous sites of romance in this fabled city.

The Lost City of Z; James Gray's (The Immigrant) sumptuous Amazon adventure based on real - life explorer Percy Fawcett's quest to find the fabled city of El Dorado is a definite highlight, with stunning 35 mm cinematography and a poignancy aided by the performances of Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, and Robert Pattinson.

Werner Herzog's haunting, fictionalized odyssey set in 1560 tells the tale of a group of Spaniards out to find the fabled city of El Dorado, rumored to have an unlimited wealth of gold.

It's the fabled city of El Dorado, and the country's third - world appearance to the rest of the planet is just a front to hide its true nature.

Half mystic, half rationalist, his questing, self - destructive hero withdraws into the jungle in the hope of finding a fabled city whose existence would implicitly redeem the human race — an artist in a dark world.

Various video vignettes discuss the legend of Atlantis, theories, and other aspects of the fabled city.

Answering a call he can not refuse from British military intelligence, Ramses must journey to this ancient, fabled city to undertake a mission as personal as it is perilous.

It's fine to know that there's a desert beyond the fabled city your adventurers are seeking.

Will the pilgrims reach the fabled city before Antarctica's harsh climate kills them?

«[Leon's] series of mysteries featuring Guido Brunetti, a Venice cop, reflects her personal take on that fabled city and its inhabitants with an intimacy and warmth....

Fly by private jet to Marrakech where we explore this fabled city, located in an oasis of palm and olive groves, and steeped in ancient Berber tradition.

Home to one of the world's oldest and, in centuries past, biggest Jewish communities, Bukhara, Uzbekistan, now has only 100 to 150 Jews clinging to the faith in this fabled city.

As the FT notes, parts of the fabled city of Rangoon (now Yangon) «are like vast film sets, with not just dozens of early 20th century buildings but entire streets undisturbed by modern construction... a legacy of the country's isolation and lack of development for so many years.»

Experience the journey of a lifetime on the legendary Trans - Siberian Railway, or travel aboard a train built in the royal style of the maharajas to explore India's fabled cities.

Step aboard the Palace on Wheels and set off on an unforgettable rail journey to the fabled cities of Rajasthan.

I was on my way to the fabled city of Oaxaca and the Pacific beaches of Mexico, Bogota, Cartagena and the Caribbean beaches of Colombia, the paradise that is Costa Rica, and just for the hell of it, New York City on the way back.

The fabled city of Turin, regional capital of Piedmont, has its own wealth of gastronomic delights and expansive market selection to match its rich heritage and plethora of tourist attractions.

Amandayan is located in the fabled city of Lijiang in China's Yunnan Province, a city famous for its intricate system of canals and bridges, and the traditional embroidery of its artisans.

Enjoy the true portrait of old Dubai with its splendid architecture from years gone by, intermingled with the towering new designs depicting the glitz and glamour of this fabled city.

The newly released screenshots highlight the lost wanderers, royal residents, and fearsome beasts that inhabit the fabled city at the end of the world.

It contains a map and flammable resin that illuminates a message, revealing that Polo's fleet was shipwrecked in Borneo, and that it was carrying the Cintamani Stone, a massive sapphire from the fabled city of Shambhala.

Uppercut Games» City of Brass is a first - person roguelike that has players traverse across the dread laden streets of the fabled city to claim the treasures within.T he game has players traverse across twelve procedurally generated levels of the fabled city within its Arabian Nights inspiration.

is a first - person roguelike that has players traverse across the dread laden streets of the fabled city to claim the treasures within.T he game has players traverse across twelve procedurally generated levels of the fabled city within its Arabian Nights inspiration.

So much of this precious heritage has been tragically lost through the destruction of its fabled cities of Palmyra and Aleppo, as well as countless other cultural heritage sites, during a bitter civil war, almost unprecedented in recent history.