Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places: The Life and Legends of Ancient Sites Around the World

This is a guided tour taking us deep into 41 places around the world that for a variety of reasons have remained clouded in mystery - forgotten cities, vast temples and enigmatic monuments that have piqued our curiosity and fired our imaginations. EUROPE: Tarxien, Skara Brae, Stonehenge, Knossos, Mycenae, Biskupin, Delphi, Epidauros, Rhodes, Hagia Sophia, Mistra, Topkapi. ASIA: Catal Huyuk, Mohenjo-daro, Ur, Boghazkoy, Troy, Khorsabad, Babylon, Persepolis, Petra, Great Wall of China, Yoshingari, Ellora, Nara, Angkor, Peking, Taj Mahal. AFRICA: Saqqara, Karnak, Abu Simbel, Alexandria, Leptis Magna, Great Zimbabwe. NEW WORLD: Copan, Chitchen Itza, Tenochtitlan, Pueblo Bonito, Machu Picchu, Easter Island.