Introduction: The Seduction of Reputation There were once three builders . Two were specialists in mud houses mdash;men who understood the language of earth, water, and straw, who knew how mud ...

In this video, we explore the process of building a furnace and creating mud bricks using primitive technology. This installment is part of the "Build A Stone House" series, which details various ...

In Umerkot, Sindh, there are many children who can explain the science of brick-making with more confidence than they can ...

After treatment ends, residents of a leprosy colony on Mumbai’s edge confront a quieter affliction—abandonment by family, ...

February 16, 1934 marked the coldest day in Athens, Greece with temperatures at 13°F and snow over 15 inches deep.

Same $400,000 budget. Very different homes. Take a look at what homebuyers can get across the Houston metro now, from the ...

Locals cherish this Arkansas pie café for passing down the house favorite, offering pies that are as comforting as they are ...

Evidence has been found at Kazhaw that Christians and Zoroastrians coexisted 1,500 years ago in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Simon Hughes visits Asni, a village in the Atlas Mountains that was almost completely destroyed in the disaster but has since ...

Riding through Peru’s Sacred Valley reveals a landscape alive with ritual and renewal, past timeless villages, ‘blessed’ cars ...

As winter storms flood Gaza’s tent camps, a displaced Palestinian builds a mud-brick shelter to survive the cold. Jaafar Attallah uses traditional techniques to create a durable room with walls, ...

Photos have a quiet magic to them… they can pull us out of the present and drop us into another moment in an instant. This ...