Visiting Göbekli Tepe: The World’s Oldest Temple
Göbekli Tepe predates Stonehenge by 6,000 years and was built by people with no farms, pottery or metal tools.
Category Ancient & Lost Civilisations
Visiting Sigiriya: King Kashyapa’s Lion Rock
Sigiriya: how a Sri Lankan king's fifth century fortress, built out of guilt and fear, became one of Asia's most sophisticated ancient sites.
Visiting Great Zimbabwe: The Ruins Colonialism Denied
Visiting Great Zimbabwe: how a medieval African trading capital became the centre of a decades long colonial lie, and what the ruins reveal today.
Visiting Chichén Itzá: The Sacred Cenote
Visiting Chichén Itzá: what a 2024 DNA study revealed about the Sacred Cenote sacrifices, plus the pyramid's equinox phenomenon and visitor tips.
Visiting Easter Island: Rapa Nui’s Moai Statues
Visiting Easter Island: how the Rapa Nui moved thousand-ton moai statues without wheels or draft animals, and why the truth behind the island's collapse is still debated.
Visiting Machu Picchu: The Lost City That Wasn’t
Machu Picchu was never lost to the people who lived around it, only to the outsiders who stopped asking. A look at the Inca citadel's stonework, its real 1911 "discovery," and what still isn't known about why it was built.
Visiting Petra: The Nabataeans’ Lost City
Petra survived in one of the driest parts of Jordan by mastering water, not warfare. Discover the Nabataeans' rock-cut capital, the Treasury's hidden purpose, and what it's like to visit today.
Visiting Angkor Wat: The Khmer Empire’s Greatest Temple
Visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia and discover the history of the Khmer Empire, the world's largest religious monument, and the hidden city that once surrounded it.
Visiting Pompeii: The City In Ash
Visiting Pompeii: the Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79, preserved in remarkable detail down to bread in ovens, wheel ruts and street graffiti. A guide to its history, plaster casts and the ongoing debate over the eruption's true date.