https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vvez9VBBqE
Josh Gates explores the Wieliczka Salt Mine to uncover the history behind the church made of salt 1000ft below the ground.From Season 2 Episode 5.🇬🇧 Catch

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/researchers-trace-the-origins-of-thousands-of-ancient-european-megaliths
The most ancient megalithic graves — structures of stone slabs built above-ground and covered by a round or long mound of earth or stone — later emerged during a 200- to 300-year span in the early 4000s B.C. in northwest France, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of megaliths were then built in

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/beautiful-architecture-of-churches-cathedrals-chapels
1 of 20. One of the most famous Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages, the gargoyle-topped Notre-Dame de Paris was constructed over 850 years ago in the birthplace of Paris —Île de la Cité

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Salt_Lake
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and the eighth-largest terminal lake in the world. It lies in the northern part of the U.S. state of Utah and has a substantial impact upon the local climate, particularly through lake-effect snow.It is a remnant of Lake Bonneville, a prehistoric body of water that covered much of western Utah.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_lakes_of_Europe
List of lakes, showing country and size, with European ranking Rank Name Native names Country Average area Notes km 2 mi 2; 1 Ladoga: Ла́дожское о́зеро, Laatokka: Russia

https://unusualplaces.org/lake-resia-italy/
The church tower is the last standing piece of the 14th-century Church of Santa Caterina di Alessandria---which many locals refer to as the church of Old Curon. The church of Old Curon was once part of an Italian city named Curon Venosta which was inundated with water in 1950 after a Swiss power company decided to create a giant man-made lake by marrying two smaller natural bodies of water.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/articles/europe-megalithic-monuments-france-sea-routes-mediterranean-180971467/
Europe's Megalithic Monuments Originated in France and Spread by Sea Routes, New Study Suggests. The ancient burial structures, strikingly similar all across Europe and the mediterranean, have

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_depth
The deepest area is oceanic rather than continental crust. However, it is generally regarded by geographers as a large endorheic salt lake. Of these lakes, 10 have a deepest point above sea level. These are Issyk-Kul, Crater Lake, Quesnel Lake, Sarez Lake, Lake Toba, Lake Tahoe, Lake Kivu, Nahuel Huapi Lake, Lake Van, and Lake Poso.

https://largest.org/structures/cathedrals/
Source: Wikimedia Commons via Eluveitie. St Paul's Cathedral is the largest cathedral in London and the second largest in England. The present St Paul's Cathedral was built between 1677 - 1708 and has an area of 7,875 square meters (85,765.8 square feet). The Old St Paul's Cathedral was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666.

https://www.sciencealert.com/new-study-charts-the-rise-and-fall-of-eurasia-s-ancient-megalake
By David Nield. (Utrecht University) Some 10 million years ago, the Paratethys Sea megalake - the largest lake in Earth's history - covered an area greater than the size of today's Mediterranean Sea. On a modern map, it would stretch from the Alps above Italy to Kazakhstan in central Asia.

https://www.worldatlas.com/lakes/the-10-largest-lakes-in-the-world.html
1. Caspian Sea - 371,000 km 2. Oil platform off the Caspian sea coast near Baku, Azerbaijan. The Caspian Sea has acted as a pillar of human industry and culture for countless centuries; this gargantuan lake spans 371,000 km 2 (143,243 mi 2) making it the world's largest enclosed inland body of water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lakes_by_area
Aral Sea, formerly the third largest lake in the world, with an area of 68,000 km 2 (26,300 sq mi) Lake Chad, formerly the eleventh largest lake in the world, with an area of 26,000 km 2 (10,000 sq mi) Lake Urmia, formerly with an area of 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi), but down to a tenth that size in 2017. It has since increased in area under a

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/mystical-sites-europe
These are some of Europe's most sacred sites. From Neolithic stone circles to monasteries clinging to cliffs, these awe-inspiring spiritual retreats stand the test of time. In these difficult

https://parenthoodandpassports.com/famous-churches-in-europe/
St Mark's Basilica, located in St. Mark's Square in Venice, is one of the most beautiful churches in Europe and together with Doge's Palace one of the most famous attractions in the city. The church was built in the 11th century over the remains of a 9th century basilica, in Italian Byzantine architectural style.

https://theconversation.com/bethlehem-and-beyond-how-christianitys-earliest-sites-were-identified-151719
Even earlier, in the mid-second century, the Christian writer Justin Martyr knew of a cave in Bethlehem said to be the location of the Nativity. The Gospel of James, sometimes called the

https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Lakes
Great Lakes, chain of deep freshwater lakes in east-central North America comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario.They are one of the great natural features of the continent and of the Earth. Although Lake Baikal in Russia has a larger volume of water, the combined area of the Great Lakes—some 94,250 square miles (244,106 square kilometres)—represents the largest

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/ancient-jerusalem-map-jesus
Excerpt: Jerusalem in the time of Jesus. A European priest looks 1,500 years into the past and imagines the Holy City at the birth of Christianity. This 1584 map of Jerusalem, made by a European

https://www.nbcnews.com/sciencemain/6-million-years-ago-mediterranean-was-mile-high-salt-field-2D11783303
Dec. 20, 2013, 9:27 AM PST. By Tia Ghose. SAN FRANCISCO — About 6 million years ago, a mile-high field of salt formed across the entire Mediterranean seafloor, sucking up 6 percent of the oceans

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/laodicea-columns-reveal-the-grandeur-of-an-early-christian-center/
Archaeologists have uncovered massive columns in Laodicea, a large ancient city in western Turkey that served as an early center of Christianity.The 1900-year-old columns were found in the city's northern agora, an area described by the Turkish paper Hurriyet Daily News as "one of the oldest faith centers in Anatolia.". In the September/October 2011 issue of BAR, Dorothy D. Resig

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_See
The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair ', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome, which has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the worldwide Catholic

https://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/maps-medieval-britain/
This is the view of Britain reconstructed from the Tabula Rogeriana, a description of the world set of maps created by the Arab geographer, Muhammad al-Idrisi, in 1154 for King Roger II of Sicily. The map shows the southern end of Britain at the top. Matthew Paris' Map of Britain. Matthew Paris is one of the most famous chronicler's of

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/gothic-cathedrals-architecture-medieval-europe
Uplifting Construction of the soaring Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul in Troyes, France, began around 1200. Robert Harding Picture Library. The Gothic is perhaps Europe's most iconic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Land
The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.Today, the term "Holy Land" usually refers to a territory roughly corresponding to the modern states of Israel and Palestine. Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Bahá'ís regard it as holy.