Amer Fort: The Hilltop Palace of the Kachhwaha Rajputs
Rise early in Jaipur and drive a few kilometers north into the Aravalli hills, and you come upon one of the great sights of India. Above a still lake, on
An Elegant House on Montevideo’s Great Square That Became Uruguay’s Seat of Power
On the Plaza Independencia, the grand ceremonial square at the heart of Montevideo, stands one of the most elegant and historically significant buildings in Uruguay. The Palacio Estevez served for
An image from Kircaali Village Museum, Bulgaria
Image: Boyko Blagoev Dipçe: A total of forty thousand pieces are exhibited in the Kırcaali Village Regional History Museum, which also includes a work in the OZ structure made of
Angkor Thom: The Fortified City of a Thousand Faces
Some places overwhelm you not with a single monument but with an entire vanished world, and Angkor Thom is one of them. The last great capital of the mighty Khmer
Angkor: The City the Jungle Swallowed and the Largest Temple on Earth
Deep in the forests of northern Cambodia lies the largest religious monument ever built. Angkor Wat is only the most famous of hundreds of temples that once formed the heart
Ani: The Abandoned City of 1,001 Churches on the Turkey-Armenia Border
On a windswept plateau on the border between Turkey and Armenia, where a river gorge marks the modern frontier, stand the haunting ruins of Ani. Once a great medieval city
Anuradhapura: Sri Lanka’s Sacred Capital of Giant Stupas and a 2,000-Year-Old Tree
In the dry plains of north-central Sri Lanka lie the ruins of Anuradhapura, the island’s first great capital and one of the longest-inhabited cities of the ancient world. For more
Aphrodisias: The Marble City of Aphrodite and Its Master Sculptors
In the countryside of western Turkey lies Aphrodisias, one of the most beautiful and best-preserved ancient cities in the world. Named after Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, it
Aphrodisias: The Marble City of Rome’s Greatest Sculptors
There are ancient cities that dazzle with their scale and others that charm with their detail. Aphrodisias belongs firmly to the second kind. Tucked into a fertile valley in the
Arg-e Bam: The Largest Mud-Brick Citadel in the World
In the desert of southeastern Iran, rising from the arid plain like a great golden sandcastle sculpted by giants, there stands the most extraordinary mud-brick monument in all the world.
