The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A collection of objects supposedly singed by the hands of souls in purgatory.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.