25 Most Amazing Ancient Ruins of the World

The world is home to a plethora of fascinating ancient ruins, from crumbling cities to temples that have withstood the test of time. Many of these ancient societies were incredibly innovative and forward thinking. Just take a look at their meticulous city planning and incredible feats of engineering; some of which we are yet to fully understand. Some of the most captivating ancient ruins are full of thousand-year-old mysteries that will boggle even the most curious of minds.

[gordonOB]

I’ve been fortunate to have visited all of these marvelous places. It’s taken 36 years though. So much more to see.

[mitoramos]

25. Ayutthaya 0:55
24. Stonehenge 1:55
23. Mesa Verde 2:45
22. Sigiriya 3:44
21. Masada 5:17
20. Hampi 6:18
19. Pompeii 7:46
18. Tulum 9:13
17. Ephesus 10:44
16. Ellora Caves 12:15
15. Terracotta Army 13:42
14. Chichen Itza 14:44
13. Acropolis 15:57
12. Bagan 17:17
11. Tikal 18:24
10. Karnak 19:09
9. Borobudur 20:05
8. Teotihuacan 21:01
7. Moai Statues 21:51
6. Colosseum 23:01
5. Great Wall of China 24:31
4. Petra 25:41
3. Machu Pichu 27:08
2. Angkor 28:24
1. Giza 29:57

[kevin-uyyh]

0:55 Ayutthaya, Thiland
1:55 Stonehenge, England
2:46 Mesa Verde, Colorado
3:42 Sigirya, Sri Lanka
5:16 Masada, Israel
6:19 Hampi, India
7:47 Pompei, Italy
9:13 Tulum, Mexico
10:42 Ephesus, Turkey
12:15 Ellora Caves, India
13:43 Terracotta Army, China
14:44 Chichen itza, Mexico
15:58 Acropolis, Greece
17:17 Bagan, Myanmar
18:25 Tikal, Guatemala
19:09 Karnak, Egypt
20:06 Borobudur, Indonesia
21:01 Teotihuacan, Mexico
21:51 Moai Statues, Polynesia
23:01 Colosseum, Italy
24:33 Great Wall of China, China
25:41 Petra, Jordan
27:08 Machu Picchu, Peru
28:24 Angkor Wat, Cambodia
29:56 Giza, Egypt

[RealPraveenMohan]

Lucky to see some of these ruins and waiting to visit rest of them 😍

[tejasvinichaudhari]

The best part of Ellora caves is they are carved from top to bottom from a single rock .. it was a mountain and they started carving it from top

[mrgogo]

I was lucky to visit No 1 Egypt's ancient monuments last year! The experience is wordless even up to today as a hot topic to share with my friends. When you stand in front of the Sphinx and the great pyramids, I feel that humans are so "small", even though we are not here one day, they are still standing and watching the world.

[tamizhmass]

You actually missed one great and oldest ruins of India, mamallapuram ruins of our pallava kingdom belongs to 7th century CE, Full of monolithic rock structures & oldest light house built on earth, cave temples, shore temples, standing butter ball etc. I personally feel myself that it should be there on this list 👍👍👍

[RostislavLapshin]

27:08, 28:24 For those who are interested in the topic of polygonal masonry. A number of methods for obtaining the polygonal masonry are proposed. The basis of the proposed methods is the use of clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, and reduced clay models of the stone blocks along with a 3D-pantograph. The results are presented in the article: “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. YouTube does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.

[cottagecheese]

if the time travel was posible, i would travel to each of this ruins in their glory time to see what it is original look, and the purpose of it. Specially the Stonehenge and the Mayan City.

[loveshgarg]

Indus Valley Civilisation should have been covered, as its one the oldest along with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamian civilisations. Famous for its city planning, drainage systems, water supply system, road network, and location of administrative buildings it spreads to a vast area. Why it was abandoned still remains a mystery.

[bayonuniqueadventure]

So lucky that I am able to visit Angkor Wat any day I want without an entrance fee needed. Hope someday I can afford to visit some or all these amazing ruins in your list. I’m from Siem Reap, Cambodia 🇰🇭

[realchampions]

Persepolis is said to have been the greatest Palace in ancient history. A massive structure built over 2300 years ago to rule what was the entire "known world" at the time (except for greece).
Architects and artists all over the world contributed to building it. Although its in ruins now, it is still on my bucket list. However, since the ruin lies in Iran it gets ignored a lot by the west due to politics.

[JD_Lakad]

Thank you for leaving moments of silence with each showcase, it really helped me to marvel at the sights and appreciate each one!!!

[prithvisinh]

Kailash Temple ( Number 16, 12.20) is the most amazing as per my opinion. This was build in the 6th century, a very huge structure, carved out of a very solid rock mountain and when creating such a huge monolithic structure from the mountain, there can not be room for error. The cutting was from the top down so a lot of pre-planning, knowledge passing must have been done and that is also with very basic tools.

[naseva]

Angkor Wat, the world largest religious temple, and West Baray, the world largest hand-cut water reservoir, but the weird thing is that these 2 place are in the same area 7km apart was built in the same era, the Khmer Empire (today Cambodia). The ancient constructions and infrastructures left me thousands of questions on how they built those thousands of temples, and I got goosebump learning about the history of those temples. I cannot force myself to not believe that those temples were not built by human. The technology, engineering, and art of those temples are speechless bcos I have no word to describe those magnificent piece of work.

[shirleydrake]

You know it’s a pure shame that we can’t travel freely world wide to enjoy all these wonders of the world.

[philippserrin]

After watching this I have several new places on my “bucket list” that I did not even knew existed.

[Omshivaya-ygzd]

Missed "Rani ki vaav" of gujarat its masterpiece of art

[citizen]

Two of the wonders here, Kailasanath Temple and Hampi both were built by two great Kannada empires, Rashtrakutas and Karnata Empire aka Vijayanagara Empire respectively...!!

[woondongyang]

Whenever I see those gigantic structures, I feel sorry for those who had suffered to build them...T T