Explore Yourself
Pocket guides to the great ancient sites, made for your phone: the story, what to see in walking order, the museum and what is nearby. Read them here or download one before you go.
No. 01MycenaeWalk through the Lion Gate into the hilltop fortress that Homer called 'Mycenae, rich in gold'.
No. 02The Acropolis of AthensThe Parthenon and its companion temples, on the rock where classical architecture took its definitive form
No. 03KnossosWalk the corridors of the Minoan palace that Greek myth turned into the Labyrinth of the Minotaur.
No. 04DelphiApollo's oracle on a ledge of Mount Parnassus, high above a valley of olive trees
No. 05PompeiiA Roman town buried by Vesuvius in AD 79, with its streets, houses, shops and graffiti still in place.
No. 06EphesusWalk a Roman marble street downhill to the Library of Celsus and a theatre cut into the hillside.
No. 07Göbekli TepeCarved stone pillars raised around 9500 BC by people who had no pottery, metal or writing.
No. 08The Pyramids of GizaThe last of the Seven Wonders still standing, with the Sphinx at its feet and Cairo at its edge.
No. 09PetraA desert city whose temples and tombs were carved straight into rose-red sandstone cliffs
No. 10StonehengeGiant sarsen stones capped with lintels, raised about 4,500 years ago and set to the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset.