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Nestled at the foot of steep hills in central Georgia’s Shida Kartli, Gori watches the confluence of the Mtkvari (Kura)

Imagine gliding above rush-hour traffic in a cable car, watching the city unfold beneath your feet. This isn’t a theme-park

In the thin air of the Andes, at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level, sits a city unlike any other.

What do countries call themselves at home? This article gathers every United Nations member state and shows its native name—the

Sometimes geography creates puzzles. A landlocked state has no coastline on the open ocean. Rarer still, a double landlocked state has

Afghanistan (endonyms: افغانستان in Dari Persian; افغانستان in Pashto) is a landlocked, mountainous country at the crossroads of Central and

Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent—a vast, windswept wilderness about the size of the United States and Mexico combined. It holds

The Dead Sea’s shores stretch along Israel/West Bank to the west and Jordan to the east, meeting at Earth’s lowest

The Dead Sea Scrolls are among the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Found in caves near Qumran

The Dead Sea is a small lake with a big reputation. Straddling Jordan to the east and Israel and the