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Capela de São Miguel with living rock graves in foreground.

Monsanto, Portugal

Necropolis of São Miguel

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

The central structure, known as Triangolo Barberini.

Triangolo Barberini

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Stone penis.

Stone Phalluses of Pompeii

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Tipaza, Algeria

Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania

The original resting place of Queen Cleopatra and Mark Antony's only daughter.

Istanbul, Turkey

Theodosian Wall Stone Ladder

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

A fort of recent origins by the ruins.

Ubar

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."

Capo Colonna

A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.

The two mummies at the Albany Institute of History and Art.

Albany, New York

The Mummy Ankhefenmut

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

Wadi Dawkah Frankincense Trees

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

Our advice: When making quinoa, do not burn it, or keep it for 3,000 years.

Found: Really, Really Old Quinoa

These 3,000-year-old charred seeds are the oldest of their kind ever found in Ontario.

Matthew Taub January 18, 2019

Incompiuta di Venosa

The construction of a new church near Venosa was started in the 11th century, but never finished.

Al Jassasiya Petroglyphs

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

Bibi Maryam Mausoleum

Bibi Maryam Mausoleum

This lonely tomb is all that remains of a once-bustling ancient trade hub visited by Marco Polo.

Rock art on stone by entrance.

Stamullen, Ireland

Fourknocks Passage Tomb

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

An angry-looking cat on the side of the canal.

The Seven Cats of Shantang Street

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

Kit's Coty with backdrop of storm clouds gathering.

Blue Bell Hill, England

Kit's Coty House

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

The Hurlers.

Minions, England

The Hurlers

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

Cornwall, England

Rocky Valley Labyrinths

These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.