Copán is an archaeological site from the Maya civilization located in the Copán Department of western Honduras, near the border with Guatemala. It is one of the most important places of the Maya civilization and was not explored until the 19th century. The ruined city and large public squares show the three main stages of its development before it was abandoned in the early 10th century.
The Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇陵; pinyin: Qínshǐhuáng Líng) is a large tomb built for Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China’s Qin dynasty. It is located in Lintong District, Xi’an, Shaanxi, in modern-day China. Construction of the tomb took 38 years, from 246 to 208 BC.
The Mausoleum of Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi (Kazakh: Қожа Ахмет Яссауи кесенесі, romanized: Qoja Ahmet İassaui kesenesı) is a tomb located in the city of Turkestan in southern Kazakhstan. It was built in 1389 by Timur, who ruled the area as part of the Timurid Empire. Timur ordered the structure to replace a smaller tomb from the 12th century, which belonged to Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, a famous Turkic poet and spiritual leader who lived from 1093 to 1166.
The Darmstadt Artists’ Colony was a group of Jugendstil artists and their buildings near Rosenhöhe Park in Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt. These artists lived and worked there during the late 1800s and early 1900s. They were mostly supported by wealthy patrons and often worked together, when their styles matched.
The Matobo National Park is located in the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area with granite hills and wooded valleys found about 35 kilometers (22 miles) south of Bulawayo, in southern Zimbabwe. These hills were formed over 2 billion years ago when granite was pushed up from deep underground. Over time, erosion created smooth, rounded rock formations called “whaleback dwalas” and broken hills covered with boulders and surrounded by thick vegetation.
Masada (Hebrew: מְצָדָה məṣādā, “fortress”; Arabic: جبل مسعدة jabal musayda, “Mount Museida”) is a mountain-top fortress in the Judaean Desert, located near the western edge of the Dead Sea in southeastern Israel. The fortress was built in the first century BC and sits on a natural plateau that rises more than 400 meters (1,300 feet) above the surrounding land, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) east of the modern city of Arad. The most important remains at Masada date to the time of Herod the Great, who ruled Judea from about 37 to 4 BC.
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a museum located in Greenwich, London. It is part of a group called Royal Museums Greenwich, which includes several museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Like other museums in the United Kingdom that are supported by the government, the National Maritime Museum does not charge an entrance fee.
The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a World Heritage Site. It was created on June 11, 2001, by combining the Sehlabathebe National Park in Lesotho and the uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The highest point is Thaba Ntlenyana, which reaches 3,482 meters.
Malpelo is an oceanic island located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, approximately 500 km (310 mi) west of the Colombian mainland. A military base, protected by the Colombian Armed Forces, is located on the island. The island is made of steep and rocky terrain with three tall peaks, the highest being Cerro de la Mona, which reaches 300 m (980 ft).
The four important town houses in Brussels, Belgium, are part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000. These homes were created by Belgian architect Victor Horta (1861–1947), who helped develop the Art Nouveau style in the mid-1890s.