A new drone survey has revealed that a 3000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains is almost “40 ... they used a drone to survey and map the region’s human-made features.

In the warmer summer months, intrepid hikers can make their way from village to village along steep mountain paths in the Caucasus Mountains. Photograph by Shutterstock Famous for its dramatic ...

The map shows a clear view of the icy continent, as though its 27 million cubic km of ice had been removed, revealing unseen hidden locations of the tallest mountains and the deepest canyons.

This cultural landscape is comprised of the high-mountain Khinalig village in northern Azerbaijan, high-altitude summer pastures and agricultural terraces in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, winter ...

For decades, fraught geopolitics and poorly marked trails gave all but the most intrepid hikers pause about the Caucasus Mountains, an area known for its jaw-dropping geography. But the ...