Monday, August 31, 2026

History Highlights

The Gate of the Sun, a monolithic stone doorway carved with a central deity at Tiwanaku

Tiwanaku: The High Andean Capital of the Gate of the Sun

On the windswept high plain of Bolivia, nearly four thousand metres above sea level and close to the shore of Lake Titicaca, stand the ruins of Tiwanaku. Here, in one

The Hieroglyphic Stairway of Copán, whose steps carry the longest known Maya inscription

Copán: The Maya City of Carved Kings and the Hieroglyphic Stairway

In a lush green valley in the far west of Honduras, near the border with Guatemala, lie the ruins of a Maya city renowned above all for the beauty of

Monte Albán, the Zapotec capital, spread across a levelled mountaintop above the Valley of Oaxaca

Monte Albán: The Zapotec Capital on a Levelled Mountain

Above the city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, on a mountain ridge that was artificially levelled to make room for it, spreads the ancient capital of the Zapotec people. Monte

The Sacred City of Caral in Peru's Supe valley, among the oldest cities in the Americas

Caral: The Oldest City in the Americas

In a dry valley a little inland from the Peruvian coast stand the eroded remains of what may be the oldest city in all the Americas. Caral, in the Supe

The hummingbird, one of the most famous of the Nazca figures, traced across the desert floor

The Nazca Lines: Giant Drawings on Peru’s Desert Floor

On a high, dry plateau on the southern coast of Peru, one of the most enigmatic works of the ancient world lies etched into the desert floor. Across kilometres of