Visit Abu Simbel

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.

The guardian lion of the Giza plateau.

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

Towering 9th-century Hindu temple compound near Yogyakarta.

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

The best-preserved temple in Egypt, buried in sand for centuries and dedicated to the falcon god Horus.