Jeremy Workman’s documentary looks back at a project that may sound like a joke but had serious underpinnings. By Alissa Wilkinson Jason Statham plays a construction worker who’s as deft at ...

Sultan Ahmed I was determined to build a mosque that rivaled the nearby Hagia Sophia, and most would agree that he accomplished this task or, at least, came close. Since the early 1600s, the Blue ...

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