Uxmal – Pyramid of the Magician and Nuns’ Quadrangle – Puuc
Uxmal is a former Mayan city located on the Yucatan Peninsula, more precisely in its northern part, in the Puuc region. The Puuc hill range, about 100 km south of […]
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Palenque – Pre-Columbian Mayan Pyramids In Chiapas Region
Immersed in a tropical forest, Palenque is situated right in front of the first mountains of the Chiapas region. The main part of the archaeological site consists of numerous pyramid-shaped […]
Abu Simbel, Great Temple of Ramesses II, Temple of Nefertari
The Great Temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II, carved out of a rocky cliff in the 13th century BC at Abu Simbel, and the adjacent Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari […]
Temple of Kom Ombo and crocodile Sobek – sailing on the Nile
As Herodotus once rightly put it, when he called Egypt the gift of the Nile, to this day Egypt is the Nile and there would be no Egypt without the […]
Saqqara – Step Pyramid of Djoser, 1st and the oldest pyramid
The history of ancient Egypt and its amazing monuments still fascinate many travelers, although it must be admitted that this is not an expedition resembling the endeavors of the 19th […]
Madaba – Madaba Map and Middle East Byzantine mosaics
Madaba developed and enriched under the rule of Byzantium, between 332 to 635. Numerous churches and mansions of its rich inhabitants were adorned with exquisite mosaics. Then, as today thanks […]
Tarxien – megalithic temples and the Bronze Age cemetery
Archaeological research has shown that the Tarxien Temple Complex was in constant use over the centuries, also after the end of the Temple Period. The oldest pottery fragments found here […]
Borġ in-Nadur – mysterious ruins of a megalithic temple
Malta still holds many secrets, especially those from thousands of years ago, from the time when megalithic temples arose here. In addition to the most-known ruins of megalithic temples, such […]
Aquincum – ruins of the Roman capital of Pannonia Inferior
In the late Bronze Age (1200-800 BC), the Pannonian Basin, and therefore also the area of today’s Budapest, were in the circle of Urnfield culture. The name comes from the […]