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

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Ancient Peruvian fertility temple or modern money-making hoax? Either way these monoliths still look like penises.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

An Archaeological Wonder of Peru, and the largest stone ruin site in the New World.

These delicate ruins need more tourists to keep them from fading away.

The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.

These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.

The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.