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When industrial activity began in the forests north of Manila, loggers discovered ancient burial caves hewn out of the rock containing mummified remains and hundreds of coffins and skulls.

The chapel of San Pedro de Mórrope was constructed in the 16th century during the Colonial period in Peru in an effort to convert the indigenous Mochica people to Christianity.

When the Spanish conquistador Pizarro began his pillaging of Peru in 1533, he seized the Inca emperor Atahualpa and held him prisoner in what has come to be known as the Ransom Room.

The early 17th-century Augustinian complex of Our Lady of Guadalupe was built over the ruins of the native sanctuary of Pakatnamú as a statement of Christianity over indigenous religion.

The andenería, or terraced landscape of Laraos, is believed to date to the pre-Inca period and is a defining feature of the steep slopes of the Peruvian Andes.

One of the unexpected cultural and artistic offspring of the Conquest, the "mestizo baroque" was the architectural expression of the commingling of European and Native American cultures.

Located near the West Bank town of Nablus, Tell Balatah has long been associated with the ancient city of Shechem, mentioned throughout the Bible and in numerous Egyptian documents.

The four-story Al-Qasem Palace was built in 1820 as the seat of the Al-Qasem family sheikdom, one of 24 such political entities that ruled the central highlands of Palestine.

The Ikom Monoliths are more than 300 upright, carved stones in the Ikom area of Cross River State, Nigeria.

For centuries, the Teku Thapathali Monument Zone, has played a critical role in the spiritual lives of both Hindus and Buddhists alike.

As a result of their remoteness, the gompas (temple/monasteries) of the Upper Mustang have remained unchanged by modern life.

Rising on the banks of the Oved Ziz River, Sijilmassa grew wealthy as a gold-trade-route city in the Middle Ages.