Discover the World’s Wonders: Incredible Photos That Will Leave You Breathless

#1 At the southwestern end of the Korean Peninsula, in the Jeollanam-do region, there is a “folk village” where the inhabitants maintain the way of life from the past.

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#2 The Japanese have been practicing sustainable wood production for 700 years without cutting down trees.

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#3 Sakya Monastery: The library was discovered behind a huge wall in Tibet (60 meters long and 10 meters high). It contains 84,000 secret manuscripts, including the history of mankind over 1,000 years old.

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#4 Changi Airport in Singapore is an amazing sight.

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#5 The Giant of Pratolino is a gigantic statue by Giambologna, a masterpiece of sixteenth-century sculpture located a few kilometers from Florence.

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#6 The bridge from Sweden transforms into an underwater tunnel that resurfaces in Denmark, connecting both countries through this magnificent engineering marvel.

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#7 Fish Pond Mosaic by Gary Drostle.

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#8 This medieval house, built in 1509, is located in the French village of Argentan.

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#9 The first image shows an ancient Greek pelike depicting a woman acrobat shooting an arrow with her feet. The artifact dates back to the 4th century BC. The second image shows an acrobatic archer at the 2016 World Nomad Games held in Kyrgyzstan.

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#10 Statue of King Arthur located in a castle in Cornwall.

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#11 Rio de Janeiro Botanical Park in Brazil, founded in 1808, is considered one of the most important in the world.

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#12 An Argentine farmer found a 20,000-year-old family of giant armadillos (Glyptodon) buried near a river. They were all facing the same direction, as if walking towards something. The largest armadillo was the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, and they are estimated to have weighed around 2 tons.

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#13 Peoples living in northern regions and severe snowy climates, such as the Inuit, carved whalebone, horn, and ivory sunglasses to protect their eyes from glare.

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#14 The world’s oldest intact carpet ever found was woven approximately 2,500 years ago and discovered frozen in a kurgan in the Altai Mountains of Central Asia.

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#15 My favorite room in the whole castle! The Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, France.

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#16 A team of archaeologists led by Professor Kutalmiş Görkay, from the University of Ankara in Turkey, has unearthed three ancient Greek mosaics in the Turkish city of Zeugma, near the border with Syria.

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#17 Pietragalla, Basilicata, Italy: This town is known for its fantastic “palmenti,” cave-cellars dug into the rock that are still used today for wine preservation.

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#18 An 800-year-old pack horse bridge in Lancashire, England.

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#19 The Vasa warship sank on its inaugural journey in Stockholm in 1628. After 333 years at the bottom of the sea, the impressive warship was recovered and could finally continue its journey. Today, the Vasa is the best-preserved 17th-century ship and can be admired within a specially built museum structure in Stockholm.

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#20 Architectural details of the Column of Marcus Aurelius. Carved military scenes line this 2nd -century column in Rome, Italy.

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#21 Cemetery in Taiwan.

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#22 Portuguese Royal Library – located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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#23 Staircase in Chambord Castle, France. Designed by the great legend of the High Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci, in 1516.

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#24 Hisashimichi Interchange: A Japanese highway junction designed with minimal environmental impact. This impressive engineering masterpiece is situated in Hachioji, near Tokyo, Japan.

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#25 Wae Rebo, an ancient and isolated village located high in the jungle mountains of Flores Island, Indonesia. It has been occupied by the Manggaraian people for almost 2,000 years.

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#26 Several years ago, a team of archaeologists excavating the megalithic tomb of Montelirio Tholos in Spain uncovered an extraordinary dagger made from rock crystal.

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#27 Sainte-Chapelle, a Gothic-style royal chapel located in the medieval Palais de la Cité on the Seine River in Paris, France. It was the residence of the kings of France until the 14th century.

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#28 Syrian archaeologist Khaled al Asaad dedicated 50 years to Palmyra and was beheaded six years ago today for his commitment to cultural heritage.

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#29 A 200-year-old wooden bridge in Dagestan, built without the use of a single nail.

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#30 The 1500-year-old Ark of Bukhara in Uzbekistan is an absolutely beautiful representation of castle architecture.

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#31 One of the biggest pre-Roman mosaics ever found, meant to show the power of the Kingdom of Macedonia.

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#32 Hohenzollern Castle, Germany. This historical castle is located 50 kilometers south of Stuttgart, and it was the residence of the Hohenzollern dynasty.

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#33 Ancient Roman ruins in Tunisia – the baptism basin of the Basilica of St. Vitale in Sbeitla.

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#34 A beautiful bridge and street in Rouen, Normandy, France.

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#35 Medusa sculpture (c. 2nd century AD) at Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy.

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#36 Lycian rock tombs located in the ancient city of Myra, Antalya, Turkey.

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#37 A Roman bathhouse built by Emperor Vespasian, still in use after 2,000 years, located in Khenchela, Algeria.

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#38 The oldest house in France, found in Aveyron, is 700 years old. It was built in the 13th century and belonged to a woman named Jeanne.

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#39 Roman mosaic discovered last year in the old town of Hvar, Croatia.

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#40 Angkor Wat, Cambodia: 7-headed snake (naga) statue. In Indian mythology, half-serpent, half-human beings called nagas were seen as guardians of rivers, wells, springs, and all sources of drinking water.

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#41 Ruins of a Druid temple in Yorkshire, England.

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#42 A step-well located in Rajasthan, India.

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#43 The Sun Temple at Modhera, India, built in 1026 AD.

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#44 Stone House in Celorico de Basto, Northern Portugal. It is called Casa do Penedo (House of the Rock) because it was built from four large boulders serving as the foundation, walls, and ceiling. Constructed in 1972.

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#45 The Terracotta Army is a collection of sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE to protect him in the afterlife.

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#46 Emperor’s Corridor in the Czech Republic.

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#47 In Roman times, small white stones called “tiger eyes” were placed among the stones on the road to be visible at night.

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#48 Hatshepsut Temple, Egypt.

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#49 The Indian Air Force used elephant helicopters for ceremonial flights during the 1970s.

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#50 Cappadocia, Turkey.

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#51 Suitcases of people sent to concentration camps. Located in Gdańsk, Poland, at the World War II Museum.

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#52 The fresco ‘Leda e il Cigno’ (Leda and the Swan) discovered in the archaeological area of Pompeii. Created in 79 AD.

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#53 Skeletons of a 2,000-year-old Thracian chariot found in Karanovo, Bulgaria.

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#54 Inca and pre-Columbian architecture is directly related to the structure of corn kernels. In a universal thought, everything is a correlation between cosmos, science, art, and humanity. Fractal nature.

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#55 Lower part of a leg and foot with a sandal from the oversized statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reign 161-180 AD) found at Sagalassos, Turkey, in 2008.

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#56 13th-century crusader located on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

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#57 The oldest door still in use in Rome. Cast in bronze for Emperor Hadrian’s rebuilding, they date from around 115 AD.

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#58 At the summit of Sam Wan Mountain in Bueng Kan Province, Thailand, there are three rock masses evoking floating whales that formed about 75 million years ago.

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#59 Archaeologists unearthed 2,200-year-old mosaics in the ancient Greek city of Zeugma in Gaziantep Province, Turkey. These mosaics provide a glimpse of Greek and Roman art that hasn’t been seen in thousands of years.

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#60 The sewer pipe at Pierrefonds Castle. This terrifying but beautiful drain belongs to the castle’s dungeon.

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#61 It is the national tree of Brazil. This plant has dense, orange-red heartwood that takes on a high sheen and is a premium wood used for making bows for string instruments.

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#62 Medain Salih is a pre-Islamic archaeological site located in the Medina region of Saudi Arabia. It is Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage site.

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#63 Building a mountain road in China.

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#64 Prague, Czech Republic: Astronomical clock on Old Town Square and Church of Our Lady before Týn at golden hour.

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#65 Kjeragbolten, Norway – the stone bridge.

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#66 The White Pocket is an isolated, notoriously hard-to-reach patch of sandstone hidden within the desert expanse of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument near the Arizona-Utah border.

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#67 The Pyramids of Giza.

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#68 Inside Mysore Palace, India.

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#69 Redhead Festival in Dublin, Ireland. A lot of people gather in this place, united only by the fact that they have orange hair.

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#70 Petra, Jordan.

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#71 Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain: This village is built on a basaltic cliff more than 50 meters high and stretches about 1 kilometer long.

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#72 Different varieties of potatoes grown in Peru.

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#73 The beautiful Vettuvan Koil in the state of Tamil Nadu, South India, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Built by the people of the Pandya dynasty, this unfinished rock-cut temple was carved in the 8th century CE.

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#74 Old Flatiron House in Venice, Italy.

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#75 Before and after the excavation of the ancient Greek stadium, the Stadium of Magnesia ad Maendrum ancient city.

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