The Niya ruins are located in Minfeng county in the Hotan prefecture, about 115 kilometers north of the modern-day Niya town. Known locally as Jingjue in documents from the Western Jin Dynasty ...
Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Sifting through the sands of the Egyptian desert, archaeologists looked for the telltale signs of ancient ruins. One ancient “well ...
Coolidge, Arizona, U.S.A. - February 28, 2018: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Built by ... [+] ancient Sonoran Desert people circa 650 A.D. to 1450 A.D. The large house had Summer solstice ...
Built over 2,000 years ago, the iconic desert ... and the ruins themselves. Al Khazna, or the Treasury, is just one of the many facades carved into the mountains of ancient Petra.