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The <n>Caryatids of the Erechtheion</n> on the Acropolis in Athens, built between 421-405 BC.

The 12,000-year-old World Heritage site <n>Göbekli Tepe</n> in Turkey. Photo by <n>Getty Images</n>.

World Heritage site Göbekli Tepe is a must for history buffs

<n>Al Khazneh (The Treasury)</n> at the archaeological site of <n>Petra</n> in Jordan, seen from <n>The Siq</n>.

Interior of <n>Grundtvig's Church</n> in Copenhagen. Photo by <n>Alexander Schlosser</n>.

<n>Aukana Buddha</n> in Sri Lanka, photographed by <n>Raghubir Singh</n> for <n>National Geographic</n> in 1979.

A view of the <n>Pre-Luvian</n> archaeological site <n>Göbekli Tepe</n> in Şanlıurfa, Turkey.

<n>The Pyramids of Egypt</n>, photographed by <n>John A. Foote</n> in 1919.

<n>Lake Palace (Jag Niwas)</n> in Udaipur, India, 1923. Photo by <n>Jules Gervais Courtellemont</n>.

Rammed earth staircase at <n>Haus Rauch</n> (2008), designed by <n>Martin Rauch</n> and <n>Roger Boltshauser</n>.

An early morning view of the <n>Taj Mahal</n> in Agra. Photo by <n>Gavin Hambly</n>, 1968.

A view of <n>Tashilhunpo Monastery</n> in Tibet, photographed by <n>Olivier Föllmi</n>.

Photograph by <n>Karim Amr</n> for the cover of <n>Penelope Lively</n>'s novel, <n>Moon Tiger</n>.

The <n>Labyrinth of Chartres Cathedral</n> in France, constructed c. 1221. Photo by <n>Jim Forest</n>.

The <n>Bent Pyramid of Sneferu</n> at Dahshur, Egypt.

A 1985 photograph of the <n>Pyramid in Giza</n> by <n>William F. Lemke</n>.

A <n>Priestess</n> holds the <n>Olympic Torch</n> at the 2012 lighting ceremony in Olympia. Photo by <n>Yannis Kolesidis</n>.

Plaster model of the <n>Funerary Monument to Maria Christina of Austria</n> by <n>Antonio Canova</n>, 1798-1805.

Plaster model for the <n>Funerary Monument to Maria Christina of Austria</n> by sculptor <n>Antonio Canova</n>.

<n>The Bullough Family Mausoleum</n> on the Isle of Rum, Scotland. Photo by <n>Simon Hird</n>.

<n>Oculus I The Pantheon Rome</n>, an archival pigment print by artist <n>Guy Sargent</n>.