{"id":176,"date":"2025-10-12T04:28:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T04:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?page_id=176"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:33:37","slug":"ruins-of-empires","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?page_id=176","title":{"rendered":"Ruins of Empires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:840px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-177 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-026f.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-026f.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-026f-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-xx-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?cat=12\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"12\">Ruins of Empires<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>D<strong>esert Oasis of beauty and resilience, rising out of the sands Ancient cities spanning continents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-5 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-5--1\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile wp-container-content-69bc4bdf\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-001f-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-001f-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-001f-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?p=580\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"580\">Jordan &#8211; Petra<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City carved in stone. Beautiful sandstone patterns marble the walls of these monuments<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-036f.jpg\" alt=\"Great Pyramids of Giza\" class=\"wp-image-378 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-036f.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-036f-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?p=387\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"387\"><strong>The Great Pyramids<\/strong><\/a> Riding through the desert on horseback with my friends to visit the colossal tombs of the Pharohs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-026f-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-243 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-026f-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/mvc-026f-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?p=420\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"420\"><strong>Syria-The Desert Oasis of Palmyra<\/strong><\/a> This ancient city was home to the Palmryian Empire ruled by Queen Zenobia who controlled the Silk Roads and Middle Eastern Europe defeating the Roman Empire in this region.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?p=885\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"885\">Acropolis Now<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-009F.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-009F.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-009F-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?p=885\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"885\">Athens<\/a> was the center of the Greek Empire ruled by AIexander the Great. I left London that night for Athens on an EZ Jet plane ticket for only \u20ac68.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/?p=885\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-007F.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-184\" style=\"width:219px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-007F.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-007F-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Acropolis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8dfc6e34 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-627337ab wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-005F-1-e1762470711527.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-005F-1-e1762470711527.jpg 480w, https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MVC-005F-1-e1762470711527-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kyle and Tom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-6388d5dc\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan &#8211; Petra City carved in stone. Beautiful sandstone patterns marble the walls of these monuments The Great Pyramids Riding through the desert on horseback with my friends to visit the colossal tombs of the Pharohs. Syria-The Desert Oasis of Palmyra This ancient city was home to the Palmryian Empire ruled by Queen Zenobia who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176\/revisions\/1398"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.davin.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}