Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient Roman Forum, the Lacus Curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

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

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.