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Country	Location	Description
Mexico	Mexico City National Museum	Otomi paperwork, National Museum (Mexico City).
Mexico	Mexico City National Museum	Cora beadwork in Mexico's National Museum.
Mexico	Mexico City National Museum	Olmec figure (National Museum, Mexico City).
Mexico	Mexico City National Museum	Stone relief of an Olmec priest (National Museum, Mexico City).
Mexico	Mexico City National Museum	Pre 1200 BC Meso American figure of an acrobat.
Mexico	Mexico Teotihuac�n	Teotihuac�n (just outside Mexico City) was founded c 200 BC. The city covered 156 square kilometres and housed 200,000 people.
Mexico	Mexico Teotihuac�n	The Street of the Dead at Teotihuacan.
Mexico	Mexico Teotihuac�n	The Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan is the third largest in the world. It is 225m square and 63m high and dates from 100 AD.
Mexico	Mexico Teotihuac�n	Details from the Temple of Quetzlcoatl in Teotihuacan.
Mexico	Mexico Teotihuac�n	Mural of an eagle at Teotihuacan.
Mexico	Mexico Malinalco	Malinalco is a ceremonial Aztec site close to Mexico City.
Mexico	Hidalgo Tula	Tula was capital of the Toltecs between 950 and 1150 AD.
Mexico	Hidalgo Tula	The 4.5m high Atlantes Warriors at Tula.
Mexico	Morelos Xochicalco	Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent, at Xochicalco, a ceremonial centre dating from 7th century AD.
Mexico	Vera Cruz El Tajin	El Tajin is a Totonac site dating from 100 AD.
Mexico	Vera Cruz El Tajin	The Pyramid of the Niches in El Tajin is 20m high and contains 365 square niches.
Mexico	Vera Cruz El Tajin	The coyote-headed god of the afterlife (left) and the skeletal death god carved on a ball court in El Tajin.
Mexico	Vera Cruz El Tajin	The Temple of Mictlantecuntli (the god of death) at El Tajin.
Mexico	Puebla	The kitchen of Santa Monica Convent where mole poblano (a chocolate sauce) was invented.
Mexico	Puebla Cholula	The excavated portion of the Pyramid of Cholula, the world's second largest.
Mexico	Oaxaca Monte Alban	Monte Alban is a Zapotec site dating from 400 BC. It is built on a flattened hilltop 200m above the Oaxaca Valley.
Mexico	Oaxaca Monte Alban	The Observatory at Monte Alban dates from the 1st century BC.
Mexico	Oaxaca Monte Alban	Toltec style ball court at Monte Alban.
Mexico	Oaxaca Mitla	Mitla is a Zapotec site with Mixtec influence. It dates from the 1st century AD.
Mexico	Oaxaca Mitla	14th century Mixtec geometric patterns for which Mitla is famous.
Mexico	Oaxaca Mitla	Geometric detail from a Mixtec tomb at Mitla.
Mexico	Oaxaca Yanhuitlan	The 16th century monastery at Yanhuitlan resembles a fortress.
Mexico	Chiapas Palenque	Palenque is a Mayan city founded in the 6th century AD. It is set in lush jungle.
Mexico	Chiapas Palenque	The 7th Century Mayan Temple of the Inscriptions at Palenque. There is a royal tomb within the structure.
Mexico	Chiapas Palenque	Sarcophagos lid showing the life of King Pakal (d 683 AD) inside the Temple of the Inscriptions (Palenque).
Mexico	Chiapas Palenque	Temple of the Cross (642 AD) at Palenque.
Mexico	Chiapas Palenque	Mayan hieroglyphs on the walls of the palace at Palenque.
Mexico	Chiapas Palenque	Temple of the Sun, Palenque.
Mexico	Tabasco La Venta	Olmec tomb made of basalt pillars at La Venta. The Olmecs are Mexico's oldest civilisation (1200 - 400 BC).
Mexico	Tabasco La Venta	Giant head of a warrior at La Venta. These heads are typical of Olmecs sculpture.
Mexico	Tabasco La Venta	Altar of Triumph at La Venta.
Mexico	Tabasco La Venta	Seated figure wearing jaguar head-dress and cape at La Venta.
Mexico	Campeche	San Carlos Balwark, one of several in Campeche.
Mexico	Yucatan Merida	The Eagle and serpent is a symbol of Mexico. The painting is by Fernando Castro in Government House, Merida.
Mexico	Yucatan Chichen Itza	Chichen Itza is a Mayan site (550 to 900 AD) with later Toltec influence (1100 to 1500). The main pyramid is a calendar and a Mayan tomb.
Mexico	Yucatan Chichen Itza	A Toltec chacmul inside the main pyramid at Chichen Itza.
Mexico	Yucatan Chichen Itza	Carved jaguar on the Temple of a Thousand Columns at Chichen Itza.
Mexico	Yucatan Chichen Itza	The Toltec influenced Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza.
Mexico	Yucatan Chichen Itza	The Observatory at Chichen Itza.
Mexico	Yucatan Chichen Itza	The Temple of Skulls at Chichen Itza was a sacrificial site.
Mexico	Yucatan Uxmal	Mayan arch at Uxmal. Uxmal was the capital of the Mayan region between 600 and 900 AD.
Mexico	Yucatan Uxmal	The elliptical Pyramid of the Magician at Uxmal is 39m high and is topped with a temple.
Mexico	Yucatan Uxmal	The mosaic covered wall of a Mayan school in Uxmal, capital of the Puuc region of the Yucatan.
Mexico	Yucatan Uxmal	Mosaic of serpents at Uxmal.
Mexico	Yucatan Coba	The 42m high Nohoch Mul at Coba is the tallest structure in the Yucatan.
Mexico	Yucatan Sayil	The three storey palace at Sayil is 85m long and is in Mayan Puuc style.
Mexico	Yucatan Sayil	The lower level of the palace at Sayil.
Mexico	Yucatan Kabah	The Palace of Masks at Kabah, a Mayan Puuc site.
Mexico	Yucatan Kabah	Wall of Chac masks on the Palace of Masks, Kabah.
Mexico	Yucatan Kabah	Each mask of the rain god, Chac, is made from 25 separate carved stones fitted together (Palace of Masks, Kabah)
Mexico	Yucatan Xlapac	Palace with mosaics of Chac, the rain god at the Puuc Mayan site of Xlapac.
Mexico	Yucatan Tulum	Tulum is a late Mayan coastal site (12th century).
Mexico	Yucatan Tulum	The two storey Temple of the Paintings at Tulum.
Mexico	Yucatan Tulum	El Castillo is a ceremonial centre in Tulum.
Moldova	Chisinau Archeology and History Museum	The Archeology and History Museum in Chisinau is set in an elegant building.
Moldova	Chisinau Archeology and History Museum	3rd century BC ceramics from the Cucuteni-Tripolie culture in the small Archeology and History Museum.
Moldova	Chisinau Archeology and History Museum	The 18th century Blessed Virgin of Kazan icon, Archeology and History Museum, Chisinau.
Moldova	Chisinau Archeology and History Museum	Ceiling from one of the rooms in the Archeology and History Museum in Chisinau.
Moldova	Chisinau Archeology and History Museum	16th century Orthodox wall hanging, Archeology and History Museum, Chisinau.
Moldova	Chisinau Archeology and History Museum	World War II diorama at the Archeology and History Museum in Chisinau.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	Clifftop structures mark the location of the 13th century cave monastery at Orheiul Vechi.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	The 13th century cave monastery carved within a limestone cliff at Orheiul Vechi.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	Belltower and crucifix on the clifftop at Orheiul Vechi.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	The 13th century cave monastery at Orheiul Vechi.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	On a ledge of the cave monastery overlooking a misty Raut River at Orheiul Vechi.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	Caves where monks slept at Orheiul Vechi.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	Belltower overlooking the Raut River at Orheiul Vechi.
Moldova	Orheiul Vechi	The Church of the Ascension of St Mary at Orheiul Vechi is set on a cliff.
Moldova	Cricova	A small part of the 120km of tunnels up to 82m deep where wine is matured at Cricova.
Moldova	Cricova	Large oak barrels for maturing wine at the underground city of Cricova.
Moldova	Cricova	The tunnels at Cricova were originally a limestone mine.
Moldova	Cricova	Some of the millions of wine bottles at Cricova underground city being stored.
Moldova	Cricova	Valuable wine collections at Cricova.
Moldova	Cricova	Part of the wine collection of Nazi Herman Goering which was confiscated by the Soviet Army, Cricova.
Moldova	Cricova	Wine collection of former Russian president, Vladimir Putin, at Cricova.
Moldova	Cricova	Wine tasting room at Cricova, 80m underground.
Montenegro	Kotor	The walls of Kotor climb up the hill behind the old town.
Montenegro	Kotor	The walls of Kotor climbing the mountain behind the town.
Montenegro	Kotor	Fortifications at the summit of the hills over Kotor.
Montenegro	Budvar	Mosaics over the entrance of the Church of St Trojice, Budvar.
Montenegro	Petrovac	The 16th century Venetian fortress guarding the bay at Petrovac.
Morocco	Volubilis	The Roman city of Volubilis.
Morocco	Volubilis	Volubilis has many mosaics in excellent condition.
Myanmar	Mandalay	The stone base of Atumashi Monastery in Mandalay.
Myanmar	Mandalay	Wooden carvings at Shwenadaw Monastery in Mandalay.
Myanmar	Mingun	Sattawya Pagoda in Mingun.
Myanmar	Pagan	Pagan, the Valley of the 5000 Temples, covers an area of 40 sq km.
Myanmar	Pagan	Pagan was capital of Burma from 1057 to 1287.
Myanmar	Pagan	The Dhammayangyi Temple (built 1160) is one of the several thousand temples at the huge archaeological site of Pagan, known as the "Valley of the 5000 Temples".
Myanmar	Pagan	Ananda Temple (1091) is one of the largest in Pagan.
Myanmar	Pagan	The 13th century Thatbyinnyu Temple is the tallest in Pagan at 61m.
Myanmar	Pagan	The 11th century Mon style Pahtothamya Temple (Pagan).
Myanmar	Pagan	The Shwegngyi Temple (1131) in Pagan.
Myanmar	Pagan	Mingalazedi Temple (1284) is covered in tiles illustrating the life of the Buddha (Pagan).
Myanmar	Pagan	Schwesandaw Pagoda dates from 1057 (Pagan).

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