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Archaeology

Stone blocks laid with no mortar make up a good portion of the ruins at Lubaantun.

Lubaantun Archeological Reserve

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

Titusville, Florida

Windover Archeological Site

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

Land of Legends

Land of Legends

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

Hegra, Saudi Arabia

Qasr al-Farid

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

Tombs of Sipán

Lambayeque, Peru

Tombs of Sipán

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

Cave entrance

Areni-1 Cave Complex

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

Ingapirca

Guapán, Ecuador

Ingapirca

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

Hot Springs Mammoth Site

Hot Springs, South Dakota

Mammoth Site

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

View of site with Mt. Olympus.

Dion Archaeological Park

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

Mycenae

Argolis, Greece

Mycenae

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Bagan.

Nyaung-U, Myanmar

Bagan

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

Ica Stone with dinosaurs

Ica Stones at the Cabrera Museum

Peru's (not so) mysterious carved stones.

Salisbury, England

Woodhenge

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Ballcourt - no Mayan site is complete without one

Yaxchilan

The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.

Sterkfontein Caves

West Rand, South Africa

Sterkfontein Caves

Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.

Meknes, Morocco

Volubilis Archaeological Site

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Gran Pajaten today.

Mariscal Cáceres Province, Peru

Gran Pajaten

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

Archaeologists working on the dig site.

Fairbanks, Alaska

Xaasaa Cheege Ts'eniin (Upward Sun River Mouth Child)

11,500 year old little girl found buried in an ancient fire pit.