Archaeology

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

One of the earliest relics of Italian art is this ornately equipped stone soldier.

This archaeological site was the center of the extinct Yarmukian culture which developed the first roads and pottery in Israel.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

This Denmark theme park is part family attraction, part experimental archaeology project.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

The shockingly unspoiled Peruvian tomb of the Lord of Sipan was once guarded by a footless warrior.

This series of Armenian caves held the oldest brain, shoe, and winery in the world.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.