Ad's Path (Pad van Ad) is a hiking trail south of Leuven in Belgium that passes by a number of sculptures by artist Ad Wouters. Located fairly close to...

Dammam (الدمام,ad-Dammām) is the largest city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, and the 3rd largest city in the kingdom after Riyadh and Jeddah...

of its power in 117 AD, it ruled over considerable parts of Europe, as well as much of North Africa and the Middle East. In 286 AD, it was effectively...

"pirate" in Old Norse, the language spoken in Denmark, Norway and Sweden before AD 1000. The exact origin of the word viking is still disputed. In the Norse...

included St Paul the Apostle (Acts 14: 25-26) and Ibn Battuta, who in 1331 AD recorded how Christians, Greeks, Jews, and royal court each inhabited their...

the Pictish tribes of Scotland. It was built relatively quickly from 122 AD, with associated castles and forts, and stretches for 73 miles (117 km) from...

Kilisesi) (near the lower gate). A cathedral built around 500 AD over an earlier basilica. It's the likely site of the Third Ecumenical Council of 431 AD - these...

1300 AD. For reference: Stonehenge about 3,100 BC. Teotihuacan construction dates back to about 200 BC to 100 AD. Chichen Itza about 600–1,000 AD. The...

Mar Matte, a monk who fled with several other monks in 362 AD from the Monastery of Zuknin near the City of Amid (Diyarbakir) in the southern part of Asia...

period. (updated Aug 2016) 31.769734.65337 Ashdod Sand Dune (Located near the Ashdod Ad Halom Railway Station or bus line 21 to the western areas of the dunes)...

centuries before increasing again to a second peak around the 8th century AD, at which time the city population is estimated to have been about 2,600 people...

Constantinople (Byzantium), Istanbul. A part of the Roman Empire from 73 AD, it was besieged and reconstructed by Septimius Severus (no one would dream...

population. By 90 AD that included a small Christian community, one of the "Seven Churches of Asia" addressed by St John of Patmos. From around 110 AD Emperors...

valley" in the Ute language, but it wasn't always that way. Between 1200 AD and 1300 AD this isolated area was a community of around 2,500 ancestors of the...

beginning in 64 AD, and continuing until his death in 67 AD. The original location of the obelisk is marked with a plaque located near the sacristy on...

Odeon. The Roman Odeion was constructed in the 1st century AD, while in the 3rd century AD it was converted into an arena. (updated Mar 2016) 37.905622...

intact Roman artefact in the city. Orphanage of St Paul near the column was founded in 573 AD. Zoo, aquarium and similar amusements, all gone. These and...

Caius Vibius is a 4 m high marble monolith, dating to the 1st century AD, near Krinides village. Two of its four sides bear an inscription, which refers...

yes there was!" Whack! - "Take that, you disgusting Arian heretic!" In 325 AD, with ruthless Roman persecution still a recent memory and with so many other...

Syriac Orthodox church was first consecrated in 59 AD. The current structure dates back to the 9th century AD. (updated Jun 2020) Go to the mountains, 45 km...