 |
January 27, 2010
Warren Smith, the leading ski instructor and coach, offers his top tips on improving skiing moguls. In this video, he advises on how to control speed.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
Warren Smith, the leading ski instructor and coach, offers his top tips on improving skiing steeps. In this video, he advises on how to position your body.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
Warren Smith, the leading ski instructor and coach, offers his top tips on improving skiing steeps. Here, he illustrates the importance of tail release.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
Deriving its name from the Old Persian for "rock fort", Samarkand is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world, positioned on the Silk Road between China and the West.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
The Jantar Mantar observatory is located next to the Jaipur city palace and dates from 1728, when Jai Singh, the ruler of the kingdom of Amber, arranged for its construction.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
The Wieliczka salt mine, near the medieval city of Kraków, extends over 190 miles in length and drops to a depth of almost 500ft.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
One of world’s lesser-known wonders is the Mesa Verde site in Colorado, one of the most important archaeological sites in North America. By Emily Craig.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
The 13th century Chartres Cathedral, the largest cathedral in France, is one of the finest examples of French high Gothic art.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
The rose-coloured stone city of Petra, meaning "rock" in Greek, was the capital city of the Nabataeans, an Aramaic speaking people, in the 1st century BC when it flourished as a trade centre.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
In 1974 a group of farmers drilling a well in the eastern suburbs of Xi’an uncovered an army of life-size terracotta figures buried in the ground.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
The ruins of Persepolis, once the seat of the Achaemenid dynasty, vouch for the past glories of this ancient city.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
The magnificently isolated site of Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca city, was unknown to outsiders until 1911, when the US explorer Hiram Bingham discovered the site.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
Warren Smith, the leading ski instructor and coach, offers his top tips on improving skiing moguls. In this video, he talks about finding the right line through the mogul field.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
Warren Smith, the leading ski instructor and coach, offers his top tips on improving skiing steeps. In this video, he advises on how to hold your edges.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
According to local myth, king Kassapa constructed the fort in the 5th century because, after murdering his father, the king, he wanted to build a new royal residence.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
China’s Great Wall is the largest of our selection of the world’s wonders, so big that it is visible from space.
|
 |
January 27, 2010
Over the next 20 days, we will highlight 20 of the world’s wonders. Today, we focus on the Giza pyramids, the only surviving ancient Wonder of the World.   By Emily Craig.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Featured
Content
Featuring websites that enhance the internet user’s experience.
|