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The breathtaking terrain of the Amalfi Coast blends centuries of artistic and architectural accomplishments. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter …

More than 100,000 crucifixes and other religious icons cover a hill outside the city of Šiauliai in northern Lithuania. The exact origins of Kryžių Kalnas, the Hill of Crosses, remain a mystery. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. …

The Samsung Olympic Showcase @Gangneung offers an unparalleled experience of Samsung’s meaningful progress. Designed under the big concept of “Pioneer’s Playground”, the three experience zones invite visitors to truly see, feel and understand the world of Samsung Galaxy.

In The Piñata King, filmmakers Paul Storrie, Chris Lee, and Charlie Kwai of Tripod City profile a town full of piñata makers—and the papier-mâché master who started it all. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Short Film Showcase: http://bit.ly/ShortFilmShowcase About Short Film Showcase: The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short …

Glowing waves in California’s Big Sur were a result of bioluminescence, a phenomenon caused by a phytoplankton bloom. High concentrations of tiny organisms called dinoflagellates flooded the coastal waters and were flashing light when agitated by encroaching predators. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium …

Eight ancient Egyptian burial tombs were discovered near the city of Minya, about 150 miles south of Cairo. The tombs are more than 2,000 years old, and contain 40 sarcophagi, jewelry, and roughly 1,000 figurines. Some burial shafts date back to around 300BC, in the late Pharaonic to early Ptolomaic …

Usually, you’d be able to walk these paths. But the Olho D’Água river had submerged these hiking trails in Brazil’s Recanto Ecológico Rio da Prata. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and …

Spanning roughly the same area as 90 Olympic-sized hockey rinks, the Rideau Canal Skateway was named the world’s largest naturally frozen ice rink by Guinness World Records. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, …

Archaeologists unearthed skeletons and pottery in an ancient cemetery near Haryana, India. The burial ground is believed to have belonged to the Indus Valley civilization, a Bronze Age civilization that once spanned an area greater than ancient Egypt. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium …

Chinese laborers came across strange terra-cotta fragments in 1974 when they were digging a well for an orchard outside the city of Xi’an. They then notified authorities, who returned to the site with government archaeologists. Over more than 40 years of excavation, they turned up part of a mausoleum for …