Travel
Discover amazing archaeology and historical sites from across the globe.
ASIA
The Yangshan Quarry
The Yangshan Quarry is the site of an ancient limestone quarry, located to the east of Nanjing, China.
ASIA
The Kizil Caves
The Kizil Caves, also known as Kizilgaha or Kizilgaha Caves, are a set of Buddhist rock-cut caves located near the Kizil Township in Baicheng County, Xinjiang, China.
ASIA
Tomb of Qin Er Shi – The Second Emperor of China
Qin Er Shi, born Ying Huhai, was the second emperor of the Qin dynasty, the ruling family of a unified China - established by the first emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
Heritage
Fort Drum – The Concrete Battleship
Fort Drum, nicknamed the "Concrete Battleship", is a fortified island situated at the mouth of Manila Bay in the Philippines.
AFRICA
The Pyramid Tombs of Libya
Several pyramidal necropolises exist in Libya from the reign of the Garamantes, a kingdom that emerged as a major regional power in the Sahara during the mid-2nd century AD.
The coral city of Leluh
Leluh is a coral city constructed on Lelu Island, a satellite of the larger island of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia in the central Pacific.
Mother Shipton’s Cave
Mother Shipton’s Cave is a small cave in North Yorkshire, England, associated with the legendary soothsayer and prophetess, Mother Shipton.
Petén Itzá – The Last Maya Kingdom
Petén Itzá was a kingdom of the Itzá Maya, centred on their capital of Nojpetén in Lake Petén Itzá, Guatemala.
Karahan Tepe – The sister site to Göbekli Tepe
Karahan Tepe, known locally as “Keçilitepe”, is a prehistoric site in an upland area of the Tektek Mountains in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, known as the Taş Tepeler.
Bandera – New Mexico’s Land of Fire and Ice
Located in the American Southwest on the Continental Divide, in Grants New Mexico, the Bandera Volcano lies dormant, adjacent to the geological wonder of a subterranean ice cave.
Balankanche – The Sacred Cave of the Maya
Balankanche is a sacred cave used for rituals by the Maya, situated near the Maya-Toltec city of Chichén Itzá in the Yucatan, Mexico.
The Navajo National Monument
The Navajo National Monument is a series of ancient cliff dwellings built by the Ancestral Puebloan people, located in the state of Arizona, United States.
El Tepozteco – The temple of the drunken Aztec rabbit
El Tepozteco is a remote Aztec temple, built on one of the peaks of the Sierra de Tepoztlan in Morelos, Mexico.
The Wieliczka Salt Mine
The Wieliczka Salt Mine is a subterranean network of man-made tunnels up to 327 metres in depth for extracting salt, located beneath the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland.
Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe is the capital and seat of political power for an unknown kingdom, located in the south-eastern hills of present-day Zimbabwe.
The Iseum Savariense
The Iseum Savariense, also known as the Isis Szentély Romkertje, is a Roman temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, located in Szombathely, Hungary.
The Guyaju Caves
The Guyaju Caves, also known as the Yanqing Ancient Cliff House, is a rock-cut complex of honeycomb caves carved into the slopes of the Tianhuang Mountain in the Yanging District of China.
Kom El Shoqafa Catacombs – The Theatre of the Dead
The catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa, meaning the “Mound of Shards” or “Potshards” is a subterranean necropolis beneath the streets of modern-day Alexandria in Egypt.
La Quemada – The Mysterious Mesoamerican Complex
La Quemada is a Mesoamerican complex located on a small, central mountain in the Malpaso Valley of central Zacatecas, Mexico.
The “Buried Village” of Te Wairoa
Te Wairoa was a Tuhourangi Māori and European settlement that was destroyed and buried by the eruption of the Mount Tarawera volcano.