Visit Prambanan Temple

Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.

The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.

Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.

Angkor Thom’s central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.

Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.

Nubian Aswan’s feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.

Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.

Ramesses II's colossal rock-cut temples.