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Jingangbei Ancient Town: Abandoned Coal Port in Chongqing

Historical travel guide to Jingangbei, a Qing dynasty-era port town that shipped coal down the…

Benjamin Williams11 April 2021

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Chiang Rai’s Angkor Wat Hot Spring Ruins

Replica of a Khmer Angkorian temple built as a hot spring resort that was abandoned…

Benjamin Williams16 January 2021

Benjamin Williams

Hi all, my name is Ben. I’m a native Michigander with a passion for human culture and new places, and more than that, new experiences. I have degrees in archaeology and writing, pursuing a career in the latter. However, I never quite lost that fascination with archaeological theory. For the past 12 years, I’ve been living and travelling in Asia, Europe, and North America documenting ancient sites and the peoples who built them, and then adapting them into practical archaeological travel information at PathsUnwritten.com.

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