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Xian Shi, China

Huaqing Pools

These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.
Some of the many stone snake head sculptures.
Tlalnepantla, Mexico

Pyramids of Tenayuca

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.
Cairo's <em>Sharia Khayamiya</em>—the Street of the Tentmakers, aka the Tentmakers Market—is the only place in the world where the decorative appliqué textile is made.
ancient

This Ancient Egyptian Textile Is Hanging By a Thread

Only 20 khayamiya artisans are left, in one dusty alley in Cairo. Can e-commerce save them?
Stephanie Vermillion September 26, 2019
The memorial is below ground, and is slowly being overtaken by nature.
Jarash, Jordan

Gerald Lankester Harding's Burial Place

The 20th-century archaeologist was interred among the ruins of an ancient Roman city.
Two bulls carved in the temple at El-Kurru.
temples

El-Kurru’s Carved Graffiti Reveal Another Side of Ancient Nubia

From Kushites to Christians, an old site in Sudan has new stories to tell.
Isaac Schultz September 19, 2019
Wallace's Well
Glasgow, Scotland

Wallace's Well

A humble ancient well where Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, took his final drink.
Frescoes in the basilica chapel.
Rome, Italy

Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.
Vals, France

Église Notre-Dame de Vals (Church of Our Lady of Vals)

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.
The Le Rozel site in Normandy, which has yielded hundreds of Neanderthal footprints.
science

Found: A Windfall of Neanderthal Footprints in France

257 small steps for our human cousins, one giant leap for paleoanthropology.
Isaac Schultz September 9, 2019
Water stains and aquatic plants attest that the dolmen was recently submerged.
ruins

Drought Has Revealed Spain's Long-Submerged 'Stonehenge'

Up close with the 7,000-year-old Dolmen of Guadalperal.
Alyssa McMurtry September 6, 2019
Maya ruins can be seen in the background.
Mérida, Mexico

Cenote Xlacah

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.
The base of the column with its deep gash
Rome, Italy

Durandal's Mark

A deep mark on the remains of a Roman temple, believed to be left by a legendary warrior.
Trunk and roots of the Millennium Tree.
Concá, Mexico

El Árbol Milenario

A fairytale-like grove with a crystal-clear spring bubbling under the shade of a massive ancient tree.
Tunis, Tunisia

Tunis Medina

The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.
Blue Babe on display at University of Alaska Museum of the North.
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The Dinner Party That Served Up 50,000-Year-Old Bison Stew

When life gives you frozen bison, make dinner.
Paula Mejia August 21, 2019
Brains, beauty, biceps.
ancient

The Fierce Women of Sparta Wrestled, Danced, and Drank

This summer, chill like an ancient lady and sweat, recite poetry, and swig wine.
Jessica Leigh Hester August 20, 2019
Ancient Indian pictographs at Fate Bell rock shelter in Seminole Canyon.
Comstock, Texas

Seminole Canyon

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.
Mexico

Boca de Potrerillos

A mysterious, ancient collection of pre-Hispanic petroglyphs hidden deep in the Mexican desert.