This is a super video which explains the history of Istanbul, but also of the Hagia Sophia. It also show the tremendous mosaics, architecture and windows in it. Best of all it is only four minutes long!
- Virtual Field Trips
I have done some work recently with SmarterSchools.comhttp://smarterschoolsproject.com/ and their contact recently asked me if I had done any virtual field trips with my students. Well yes. If you Google them, you can find lots of them. For...
- Virtual Hagia Sophia
A year ago I finished teaching summer school and jumped on a plane and the next evening my family and I sat down to a balcony dinner just 400 meters from the Hagia Sophia. Other than being there, this virtual tour makes it seem almost as amazing...
- Islamic Call To Prayer
So I suppose this is where I give you a disclaimer. I am not Islamic but have been fascinated with the call to prayer since I was a small child and woke up to the chanting each day for four years when I was living in Iran. Even visiting Islamic...
- Hagia Sophia 360 Tour
If I could pick one place to visit more than any in the world (even 2 blocks from the Eiffel Tower where I spent my high school years, it would be Istanbul (perhaps because I also spent four years in an Islamic country and love the confluence of both...
- Hagia Sophia
Here is everything you ever wanted to know about the Hagia Sophia, one of the most beautiful places in Istanbul. ...