Visit Nan Madol ruins

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

The "museum without walls": grassy royal burial mounds, the Cheomseongdae observatory and Silla-dynasty treasures across the town.

Ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire.

Xi'an's buried army of clay warriors.

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

Sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus — home of the ancient oracle.

Sanctuary of Zeus where the Olympic Games were held for a thousand years — stadium, temples and the workshop of Phidias.

Ancient city of the Sun and Moon pyramids.