Jerash, Jordan
The Ruins of Jerash
Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.
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Jerash, Jordan
Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.
Urubamba, Peru
Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
New Delhi, India
An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
Örencik, Turkey
This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Podoštra, Croatia
Humble beginnings for one of the world's most famous scientists.
London, England
The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.
London, England
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
London, England
A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.
London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France
A monument to the thousands of Canadian soldiers who died capturing the French ridge during World War I.
London, England
This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.
London, England
The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.
London, England
An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
London, England
Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.
London, England
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
London, England
The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.