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Loughcrew Megalithic Site, Ireland

Ireland’s early astronomers

There are so many mysteries to unravel in Ireland’s Ancient East. What did these old stone cairns at Loughcrew mean? Do they represent the stars?

Newgrange tour, Bru na Boinne, Ireland

The mystery of the ancient Irish

This ancient site in Ireland – older than the Egyptian Pyramids – still holds a great mystery. What were its advanced creators trying to say?

Choirokoitia, Cyprus

An ancient island home

On your travels, you’ve probably been to some pretty old places. But have you been somewhere as old as this ancient town?

Etruscan tombs at Tarquinia, Italy

Paintings from a lost mysterious race

The mysterious Etruscans is one of the greatest races that never was. They founded Rome and the civilisation it became… yet we know so little of them.

Temples of Paestum, Italy

The best Greek temples in the world

When some refugees from Ancient Greece started a new colony on the shore of today’s Italy, they didn’t realise that 2500 years later their city would be the best preserved in the world!

Philae Temple, Aswan, Egypt

The writing on the wall

At Philae Temple, you’ll find a site that was caught in the middle of the rise and fall of three great empires.

Ggantija Temples, Gozo, Malta

Older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids

Many years before man built Stonehenge or the Pyramids, he created these temples on a small island in the Mediterranean…

Best tombs in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt

The Valley of the Kings

Go deep inside Egypt’s Valley of the Kings to see the Ancient World’s greatest burial tombs. It’s amazing how well preserved they are.

Temples at Abu Simbel, Egypt

How the temples at Abu Simbel were saved… again

The Abu Simbel temples are one of the highlights of Egypt – for both the incredible Temple of Ramses II and the story of Abu Simbel’s relocation.

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