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
The Pyramids of Giza: The Last Ancient Wonder and the Riddle of the Sphinx
On a desert plateau at the edge of modern Cairo stand the most famous monuments ever built by human hands: the pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx. Raised more
The Roman Forum and the Colosseum: Standing in the Ruined Heart of an Empire
In the centre of modern Rome, ringed by traffic and crowds, lies a valley of broken columns, arches and marble foundations. This is the Roman Forum, and beside it looms
The Ruins of Loropéni: Burkina Faso’s Enigmatic Stone Fortress of the Gold Country
In the far south of Burkina Faso, hidden in the bush near the borders with Ghana and Ivory Coast, stand the tall stone walls of an ancient fortress. Built of
The Terracotta Army: The Buried Clay Legions Guarding China’s First Emperor
In 1974, farmers digging a well near the city of Xi’an in China struck fragments of clay that led to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries ever made. Beneath the
Thebes: The Egyptian City of a Hundred Gates Where Pharaohs Buried Their Kings
On the east bank of the Nile in southern Egypt lies a stretch of ruins so vast that the ancient Greeks called it the city of a hundred gates. The
Tikal: The Maya Metropolis That Rose Above the Guatemalan Jungle
Deep in the rainforest of northern Guatemala, in the region known as the Petén, six great temples pierce the jungle canopy like stone mountains. This is Tikal, one of the
Timbuktu: The Golden City of Salt, Gold, and a Half-Million Manuscripts
For centuries the name Timbuktu has stood, in the imagination of the outside world, for the most remote place on earth. The reality is even more remarkable: a city on
Timgad: The Perfect Roman Grid City the Sahara Preserved for a Thousand Years
On the edge of the Sahara in eastern Algeria lie the ruins of Timgad, one of the most complete Roman towns anywhere in the world. Founded from nothing as a
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
