Ancient

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.

An enchanting landscape of ancient sandstone structures eroded into otherworldly shapes.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.