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• Backpackers' secrets: Top tips for cheap travel
National parks, medieval cities and scenic coastlines are best experienced on foot. And we probably don't have to mention that walking is the cheapest type of transportation (running's pretty affordable too, but what's the rush?). If planning's not ...
• Archaeologist for a day
Different "excavation vacations" exist around the world, from a medieval graveyard in Poland to plantation ruins in the Caribbean. Stern says the Holy Land dig, drawing all kinds of tourists in Israel, has been especially popular with Christian ...
• Norway Cruise, 2-for-1 deal, $1,299
You'll also stop in Trondheim to visit Nidarosdomen Cathedral, Norway's largest medieval church. Sail through Trondheimsfjord, then stop by Molde, before arriving in Ålesund, a picturesque town with art nouveau buildings that stretches over three ...
• Viking treasure unearthed on English farm
Some of the coins mixed Christian and pagan imagery, shedding light on the beliefs of newly Christianized Vikings, said Gareth Williams, a curator of early medieval coins at the British Museum. The booty was likely accumulated through a combination of ...
• Algerian officials: Baby found alive after floods
Some 1,400 houses were severely damaged in this medieval town located in a long and narrow valley known as the M'zab, about 370 miles (600 kilometers) south of the capital, APS said. The M'zab is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage site and lies on ...