Athens, Greece
Syntagma Square Metro Station
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
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Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Argolis, Greece
This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Ajdabiya, Libya
Early Islamic mosque with several strange conical domes.
Qesm Siwah, Egypt
Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
An archaeological site believed to be the burial place of the "mother of us all."
Land that belongs to no nation.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Aswan, Egypt
The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Luxor, Egypt
The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.
Dandarah, Egypt
Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Tanis, Egypt
The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.
Peru
An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Los Angeles, California
Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.