Archaeology

Mentioned in the Iliad as a fleet stronghold for the Trojan War, the ancient Greek citadel of Gonoessa vanished completely from the Peloponnese.

Scraped into the sun-scorched gravel of the Colorado Desert lie colossal figures up to 171 feet long, designed to be seen only from the heavens.

Sixteen miles upriver from Kangirsuk, a 4,000-pound stone pillar towers over the Quebec tundra, sparking a debate over Vikings and Dorset builders.

Quarried from dense basalt on Rapa Nui and removed in 1868, the moai Hoa Hakananai'a preserves the rare transition from ancestor worship to the birdman cult.

Ancient Euryteiae served as an inland refuge in northern Peloponnese when citizens abandoned the classical city of Olenus during antiquity.

Lined with decaying neoclassical mansions, the abandoned merchant enclave of Panam Nagar preserves centuries of Bengal textile trade near Dhaka.

Recorded in Athenian tribute lists and Homeric myth, the ancient Euboean town of Diacria vanished into coastal history near modern Pili.

Scattered across the Sinai Peninsula, circular sandstone nawamis preserve 5,500-year-old burial chambers oriented strictly toward the setting sun.