Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images

An infra-red satellite image reveals the city of Tanis. The infrared image on the right reveals the ancient city streets of Tanis near moder...

The Ten Suns of Heaven

In the beginning, there were ten suns, the sons of Di Jun, Chinese Emperor of the Eastern Heavens, and his wife Xi He, goddess of the sun....

Lalibela

The 11 12th-century churches chiselled out of red volcanic rock at Lalibela still hum with the sound of murmured prayer and the shuffle of...

Qutb Minar

The five-story Qutb (pole or axis) Minar (tower) in Delhi was begun in 1193 by Qutbuddin Aibak, a slave who rose to become a general, and ...

Heart of the Polis—the Agora

A Athens is governed by an assembly of 500 elected members— called the Boule—who meet in the New and Old Bouleuterion. A “steering committ...

Wisdom of the oracle

Delphi is located on the southern slopes of sacred Mount Parnassus, about 12 miles from the Gulf of Corinth. While some come here to quest...

Nabta

    Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment Discovered In Egypt. By Science Team ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 1998) An assembly of huge stone slabs...

Mỹ Sơn

Perhaps because so many people travelling down the Vietnamese coast are en route to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, My Son, about an hour from Hoi...

Paro Taktsang

Clinging to the edge of a 900m cliff, Taktshang Goemba (Tiger’s Nest Monastery) is famous in Bhutan but like so much of the remote kingdom...

The Nabta megaliths were recently discovered in the Egyptian Sahara.

Oldest Astronomical Megalith Alignment Discovered In Egypt The Nabta megaliths were recently discovered in the Egyptian Sahara. The circle...

Galilee

The vast majority of Bible narratives occur in the hills, from the Galilee in the north, down through Samaria to Jerusalem and Bethlehem. ...

Peru: 'sensational' Inca find for British team in Andes

The Inca platform where the ancestor stones were found. Photograph: Observer Discovery of sacred ancestor stones has archaeologists 'dan...