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Mousa Broch, best preserved of all brochs, standing 12-13 m high, in perfect state, due to its isolation, Mousa Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Hollow walls and water tank, Mousa Broch, best preserved of all brochs, standing 12-13 m high, in perfect state, due to its isolation, Mousa Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Mousa Broch, best preserved of all brochs, standing 12-13 m high, in perfect state, due to its isolation, Mousa Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Ancient monastic settlement in Skellig Michael, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland (Eire), Europe

The ruins of Herculaneum, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

The ruins of Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Fresco from the House of Venus, Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Fresco at the Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Fresco at the Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Clickhimin broch (fortified tower), Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Scalloway Castle built by forced labour by Earl Patrick in 1600, Scalloway, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Lunna House, Norwegian headquarters during World War II for Shetland Bus operations, and Lunna kirk, Lunna Ness, North Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Great Stelae, 22m, believed to be the largest single stone block humans have tried to erect, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ethiopia, Africa

Intricate carvings and false door at the base of King Ezana's stele, the biggest stelae still standing, 24m high, Northern Stelae Park, Aksum, Ethiopia, Africa

Temple of Hathor in honour of Nefertari, moved when the Aswan High Dam was built, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Abu Simbel, Nubia, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple at Philae, moved when the Aswan High Dam was built, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nubia, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Temple at Philae, moved when the Aswan High Dam was built, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nubia, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

El Castillo, pyramid dedicated to the god Kukulcan, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Tourists climbing El Castillo, pyramid dedicated to the god Kukulcan, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Mayan and other pre-Columbian artifacts, Museum of Anthropology and History, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Carvings on a Whare Whakairo Meeting House, carvings representing the dead and manifestations of ancestors preserved tribal history in an oral society, Te Puia Maori Village, Rotorua, Taupo Volcanic Zone, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Excavation of Roman archaeological site in Idanha-a-Velha (site of Roman Egitania), Beira Baixa, Portugal, Europe

Obelisk, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel, ice hotel, striking sculpture, cosy fire in ice bar in winter, Alta, Finnmark, Arctic Circle, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Sorrisniva Igloo Hotel, snow or ice hotel, striking sculpture, ice bar in winter, Alta, Finnmark, Arctic Circle, North Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Hypostyle hall, Temple of Karnak, near Luxor, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Memorial to Martyr Dr. Jose Rizal, site of execution, recreation of last moments of the hero's life, Rizal Park, Luneta, Manila, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Roman soldiers of the Ermine Street Guard on the march, armour and shield detail, Birdoswald Roman Fort, Hadrians Wall, Northumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Buddhist monks visiting the Atadage building in The Quadrangle, ancient city of Polonnaruwa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka, Asia

Carved Buddha images at Longmen Caves, Dragon Gate Grottoes, on the Yi He River dating from the 6th to 8th Centuries, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Henan Province, China, Asia

Pit 1, Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor housed in The Museum of the Terracotta Warriors opened in 1979 near Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Pit 1, Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor housed in The Museum of the Terracotta Warriors opened in 1979 near Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Pit 1, Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor housed in The Museum of the Terracotta Warriors opened in 1979 near Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Pit 1, Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor housed in The Museum of the Terracotta Warriors opened in 1979 near Xian City, Shaanxi Province, China, Asia

Falkland Palace built between 1501 and 1531 on an earlier foundation, where Mary Queen of Scots lived for a time, Falkland, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Headstone marking the Well of the Dead, Culloden Moor battlefield, near Inverness, Highland region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Graveyard and stone huts, Skellig monastery, dating from between the 6th and 12th centuries, Skellig Michael, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Great Skellig Island, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Gallarus Oratory, dry stone cell in perfect state, early Irish Christianiity dating from between the 6th and 9th centuries, Ballynana, Dingle peninsula, County Kerry, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Griais Memorial, monument to the Lewis land-raiders, representing a symbolic croft split asunder by Lord Leverhulme, owner of Harris and Lewis in the beginning of the last century, north of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Deir al Bahri, Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut, Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

The Lion Temple, one of the Meroitic temples of Naqa, the carved reliefs depict King Natakamani in the company of gods Horus and Apedemak, Naqa, Sudan, Africa

The western cemetery at Meroe containing the tombs of nobles and some reconstructed pyramids, Sudan, Africa

The royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

The tomb of Qalhata, mother of the Kushite King Tanwetamani, part of the royal cemetery at El Kurru, Sudan, Africa

The tomb of Qalhata, mother of the Kushite King Tanwetamani, part of the royal cemetery at El Kurru, Sudan, Africa

Wall paintings in the tomb of King Tanwetamani, show the ancient Kushite king being led to his burial, part of the royal cemetery, El Kurru, Sudan, Africa

The 3,500 year-old mud-brick Western Deffufa, the seat of the first independent kingdom of Kush, Kerma, Sudan, Africa

The 3,500 year-old mud-brick Western Deffufa, the seat of the first independent kingdom of Kush, Kerma, Sudan, Africa

Buddhist statues of Yungang Caves cut during the Northern Wei Dynasty in 460 AD, UNESCO World Heritage Site near Datong, Shanxi province, China, Asia

Buddhist statues of Yungang Caves cut during the Northern Wei Dynasty in 460 AD, UNESCO World Heritage Site near Datong, Shanxi province, China, Asia

Detail of the second mummiform coffin made from gold-plated wood inlaid with glass-paste, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Viehscheid, Annual Driving down of the Cattle from the Summer Mountain Pastures to the Valley, Obermaiselstein, Bavaria, Germany, Europe