📽️ Ancient Ruins of the World

These are notable ruins — the surviving walls, temples, castles and cities of past civilisations, weathered but still telling their stories. Each profile shows where the ruin is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

633 ruins from 92 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any ruin for its full profile.

Africa (28) Americas (82) Asia (140) Europe (367) Oceania (9)

Africa (28 ruins)

Americas (82 ruins)

Asia (140 ruins)

Europe (367 ruins)

Oceania (9 ruins)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.