Travel
Discover amazing archaeology and historical sites from across the globe.
EUROPE
Ten Roman wonders of Britain
Discover the Roman Empire’s extraordinary legacy left on Britain through this selection of ten Roman wonders.
EUROPE
Buxton’s tuffa calcite terraces
One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.One of Turkey’s most impressive geological wonders is Pamukkale (meaning "cotton castle"), renowned for its sinter terraced formations created by calcite-rich springs.
EUROPE
The Vari Cave Sanctuary
Vari Cave is a small cave system in the Hymettus mountain range, located in the Athens area of Attica, East Central Greece.
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.
Rúpac – “The Machu Picchu of Lima”
The Archaeological Complex of Rúpac-Marca Kullpi, often known as the “Machu Picchu of Lima", is a settlement associated with the pre-Inca Los Atavillos culture in the Huaral Province of Peru.
Soknopaiou Nesos – The Crocodile Cult Temple
Soknopaiou Nesos, also called Dimeh es-Seba, is an ancient temple complex and settlement associated with the Graecised deity of Soknopaios (Sobek neb Pai), who was a local form of the Ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god Sobek.
Kropfenstein Cave Castle
Kropfenstein Castle is a ruined höhenburg (hillfort) type castle, located on the edge of a vertically sloping rock face in the municipality of Waltensburg/Vuorz, Switzerland.
The Ras il-Wardija Punic Sanctuary
Ras il-Wardija, corrupted from the word ‘guardia’ which means ‘watch’ is a Punic Sanctuary carved into a promontory on the island of Gozo in the Maltese archipelago.
Castro de Baroña
Castro de Baroña is a fortified Iron Age settlement, located on a rocky outcrop on the coastline of A Coruña in Galicia, Spain.
Mystras – The Byzantine Capital of Morea
Mystras, called the “wonder of Morea” was the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries AD, located on Mount Taygetos in the Peloponnese region of Greece.
Arward – The last Templar Stronghold in the Holy Land
Arward is a tiny island off the coast of Syria, that during the 13th century was the last remaining Templar stronghold in the Holy Land.
The Sunken City of Dolichiste
Dolichiste, also called Kekova Adası is an ancient Lycian city, partially submerged on the shores of Kekova Island in southern Anatolia, Turkey.
The Ayaz-Kala Fortresses
Ayaz-Kala is a complex archaeological site, consisting of three phases of fort construction located on the edge of the Kyzylkum Desert in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan.
The Paris Catacombs
The Paris Catacombs is a subterranean complex of around 200 miles of tunnels, housing the remains of millions of interred Parisians, in the former Tombe-Issoire quarries under the plain of Montrouge in Paris, France.
The Sunken Town of Dunwich
Dunwich, located in Suffolk, England, was an important port and trading centre, until storms and coastal erosion engulfed the town, making it now the largest underwater medieval site in Europe.
Atlit Yam – The Sunken Neolithic Settlement
Atlit Yam is a submerged Neolithic settlement, located off the Atlit coast in present-day Israel.
The Sedeinga Pyramids
The Sedeinga Pyramids is a concentration of 80 small pyramids, constructed between the second and third cataracts on the west bank of the Nile Valley in Middle Nubia, near Sedeinga, Sudan.
Waqrapukara – The “Horn Fortress”
Waqrapukara, loosely translated as the “horn fortress” in Quechua is a pre-Inca and Inca site, located in the district of Pomacanchi, in the department of Cusco, Peru.
Cahuachi – The Ceremonial Centre of the Nazca
Cahuachi is a large ceremonial complex built by the Nazca, located in the basin of the Rio Grande in the Central Andes of Peru.

