Visit Teotihuacan

Stand among the cloud-wrapped ruins of Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Inca citadel perched high above Peru's Sacred Valley

Xi'an's buried army of clay warriors.

Ruins of the legendary ancient city.

Maya city in the Chiapas jungle with the tomb of King Pakal, howler monkeys in the trees and morning mist on the temples.

The Parthenon and its temples on the rock above Athens — the birthplace of democracy, best climbed at opening time.

Explore the ancient Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico

Four basalt Toltec warriors, five metres tall, standing where their temple roof used to be.

The guardian lion of the Giza plateau.