Tagged: ancient places

The famous Kailashanatha Temple in Kanchipuram, Tami Nadu India, was built in the 8th century during the reign of a South Indian Pallava Dynasty (275 CE to 897 CE). It is the largest temple built by the Pallavas, who became passionate temple builders. These kings...

– Many people gather every year to celebrate the spring equinox at Stonehenge, but did you know there is something similar, but older, in Egypt? One hundred kilometres west of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt there are some standing stones with astronomical alignments similar to...

– The quest for the Biblical Mount Sinai is not over. It has previously been suggested that Mount Sinai, also known as Mount Horeb or Gabal Musa, is located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, where we also find Saint Catherine’s Monastery, the oldest working...

There is an intriguing stone structure in Newport, Rhode Island that has been a subject of great controversy and debate. Standing in the heart of the city there is a 28-foot tower that is just as impressive as mysterious. No-one knows who built the tower...

Dedicated to one of the most famous deities of ancient Egypt, the magnificent temple of Goddess Hathor is the largest and most impressive building in the Denderah temple complex. It is one of the best-preserved temples in all Egypt and it has been modified several...

– A Neolithic standing farmhouse – believed to be one of the oldest in northern Europe – is located on one of Orkney’s smaller isles, Papa Westray, remote and only about six square miles in extent. Despite the harsh climate in this part of Europe,...

Sacred Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, Japan has been widely venerated mountain in Japan since ancient times. People of both Buddhist and Shinto faiths considered it an Abode of the Immortals. The Japanese have long regarded certain mountains as objects of worship. They believed that...

– Do you dare to enter through the gateway to hell? At the Phrygian city of Hierapolis in southwestern Turkey, there is a sacred ancient site dedicated to Pluto, the Roman God of the underworld. The site’s name is Plutonium and the place is also...

The largest and most important structure of Chichen Itza is the Kukulkan Temple (also known as ‘The Castle’ – El Castillo). It is the legacy of the Toltec overlords, whose culture had a profound influence on Chichen Itza. Chichen Itza, located in the north of...

– Some really impressive petroglyphs can be admired on the hills overlooking the desert communities Santa Clara and Ivins in the Santa Clara River Reserve, Utah. The site – which can be accessed via the Anasazi Valley Trailhead – is called Temi’ Po’ Op´and, pronounced...