Ancient sites worth visiting

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Ellora Caves, India​

The Ellora Caves are an extraordinary rock-cut monastery temple complex located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, in India. Regaling visitors are 34 temples, the grandest of which is found in the Kailashanatha Cave (pictured).

 

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Aksum, Ethiopia​

Once the seat of the kingdom of Aksum, the archaeological site of Aksum close to Ethiopia's northern border is known today for its collection of tall granite obelisks, a series of intricately inscribed pillars that include the Stele of King Ezana (pictured), carved and erected in the 4th century.

 

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Olympia, Greece​

Greece is richly embellished with numerous sites of great historical significance. Olympia, however, is the ruined sanctuary of the ancient Olympic Games, held every four years throughout Classical antiquity, from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE.

 

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Pompeii, Italy​

A cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, 79 CE, smothered the city of Pompeii with burning, choking ash and pumice to literally seal the fate of this fabled Roman city. The archaeological site remains one of the most significant proofs of Roman civilization in the world.

 

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Mesa Verde National Park, USA​

Mesa Verde National Park in Montezuma County, Colorado, encloses one of the most sacred and best-preserved Ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites in the United States. The dwellings carved into the cliffs date back 1,400 years.

 

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Prambanan Temple Compounds, Indonesia​

Built in the 10th century, Prambanan is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia. An icon of the country's cultural heritage, Prambanan numbers over 500 temples, each of which features intricately carved stonework.

 

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Tikal, Guatemala​

Tikal represents the largest urban conurbation in the southern Maya lowlands. What was once a city and ceremonial center of the ancient Maya civilization still impresses, its centuries-worn temple, palaces, and monuments surrounded by the Guatemalan rain forest.

 

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Abu Simbel, Egypt​

Egypt mesmerizes with its outstanding archaeological treasures, not least the world-famous Giza pyramids complex. But equally impressive for its astonishing grandeur is Abu Simbel, two rock-cut temples located near the border with Sudan, one of which, the Great Temple (pictured), is dedicated to Ramesses II. The other is the temple of Hathor and Nefertari, also known as the Small Temple.

 

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Timgad, Algeria​

Located in the Aurès Mountains of modern-day Algeria, Timgad was established as a military colony by Roman emperor Trajan in 100 CE. It's remote and windswept, but worth making the effort to reach.

 

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Other than due to natural disasters, ancient culture disappeared must be because something not that great isn’t it? Not that strong, not that united, not that smart, lots of traitors that’s why enemies can attack from outside and from within to crumble it.

 

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Masada, Israel​

Masada is an isolated ancient mountaintop fortress in southeastern Israel, and the site of the Jews' last stand against the Romans after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Masada is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Israel.

 

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Segovia, Spain​

Segovia is one of Spain's most appealing cities, especially so for its elevated Roman aqueduct, one of the best-preserved of its kind in the world. It dates to around 112 CE, but appears as if put together yesterday.

 

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Aphrodisias, Turkey​

Aphrodisias is named for Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. Located near the modern village of Geyre in western Anatolia, this remarkably well-preserved archaeological site was once the provisional capital of the region and Roman province of Caria, dated back to around the early 2nd century BCE.

 

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Sarmizegetusa Regia, Romania​

Hidden in the dense forests of the Carpathians and often overlooked by tourists, Sarmizegetusa Regia was the capital of the ancient Dacian Kingdom, which flourished from 168 BCE–106 CE. An important military, religious, and political center, the fortress-city served as the core of a strategic defensive system.

 

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Chetro Ketl, USA​

Construction of Chetro Ketl, an Ancestral Puebloan great house and archaeological site located in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico, began c. 990. The site is regarded as one of the finest examples of ancient Chacoan architecture in the United States.

 

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L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada​

L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site on the island of Newfoundland landmarks the remains of an 11th-century Viking settlement and evidence of their first European presence in North America. The excavated remains of wood-framed peat-turf buildings are similar to those found in Norse Greenland and Iceland.

 

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Grianan of Aileach, Ireland​

The mysterious Grianán of Aileach crowns a hilltop in Inishowen, County Donegal. Fashioned out of stone, the origins of this remote ringfort date back to the sixth or seventh century CE, and were identified as the seat of the medieval Kingdom of Ailech and one of the royal sites of Gaelic Ireland.

 

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Sigiriya, Sri Lanka​

This ancient rock fortress and former royal palace is one of Sri Lanka's most visited and best-known sites. Sigiriya is of great historical and archaeological significance. The location, near the modern-day town of Dambulla, was chosen by King Kashyapa (477–495 CE) for his new capital, selected for its strategic importance and near-impregnable aspect.