Stand among the cloud-wrapped ruins of Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Inca citadel perched high above Peru's Sacred Valley
Walk the streets of a Roman city frozen mid-life by Vesuvius in 79 AD — ruts, frescoes, bakeries and all
Walk the sculpted mud corridors of Chan Chan, the largest adobe city ever built
Xi'an's buried army of clay warriors.
Ancient rock fortress with frescoes.
Maya temples rising above the jungle.
Saudi Arabia's Nabataean rock tombs.
Maya ruins on a cliff above a turquoise Caribbean beach — the only ancient city built right on the sea.
White travertine terraces and pools.
The Parthenon and its temples on the rock above Athens — the birthplace of democracy, best climbed at opening time.
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