Read this description of the Byzantine Church of St. Nicolas (yep, a.k.a. Santa Claus) & surrounding Byzantine ruins.

Site opens with a map of Guatemala on which the most famous and interesting Maya Ruins are located. Following, each site is placed in a chronological period according to the dates that have been estimated.

Kilwa Kisiwani Ruins in Tanzania, the oldest city in Eastern Africa.

An image of "Landscape with Ruins", created by Pieter Symonsz Potter in 1636 (Oil on panel, 40 x 40 cm).

An image of "River Landscape with a Windmill and a Ruined Castle", created by Jan Van Goyen in 1644 (Oil on canvas, 97 x 133 cm).

An image of "An Extensive Landscape with a Road by a Ruin", created by Philips Koninck in 1655 (Oil on canvas, 137,4 x 167,3 cm).

An image of "Ruins in Italy", created by Nicolaes Berchem in 1658 (Oil on panel, 52 x 42 cm).

An image of "View of the Ruins of Olinda, Brazil", created by Frans Post in 1665 (Oil on canvas, 80 x 111 cm).

An image of "Landscape with Ruins and Archway", created by Giuseppe Zais in 1730 (Oil on canvas, 97 x 147 cm).

An image of "Ruins with St Paul Preaching", created by Giovanni Paolo Pannini in 1735 (Oil on canvas, 63 x 48 cm).

An image of "Rome: Ruins of the Forum, Looking towards the Capitol", created by Canaletto in 1742 (Oil on canvas, 188 x 104 cm).

An image of "Apostle Paul Preaching on the Ruins", created by Giovanni Paolo Pannini in 1744 (Oil on canvas, 64 x 84 cm).

An image of "The Ruins of the Old Kreuzkirche in Dresden", created by Bernardo Bellotto in 1765 (Oil on canvas).

An image of "Dresden, the Ruins of the Pirnaische Vorstadt", created by Bernardo Bellotto in 1766 (Etching).

An image of "Ruins of the Augustan Bridge at Narni", created by Georg Abraham Hackert in 1779 (Etching with line engraving, 535 x 710 mm).

An image of "Inhabited Ruins", created by Hubert Robert in 1790 (Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm).

An image of "Imaginary View of the Grande Galerie in the Louvre in Ruins", created by Hubert Robert in 1796 (Oil on canvas, 114,5 x 146 cm).

An image of "Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi", created by Eugene Delacroix in 1826 (Oil on canvas, 209 x 147 cm).

An image of "River Landscape with Ruins", created by Wijnandus Johannes Josephus Nuyen in 1838 (Oil on canvas, 99 x 141,5 cm).

An image of "View of the Ruins of the Temple of Karnak", created by Eduard Hildebrandt in 1852 (Watercolour and gouache, 275 x 375 mm).

An image of "The Ruins of Diosgyor Castle", created by Karoly Telepy in 1860 (Oil on canvas, 53 x 79 cm).

An image of "Ruins of the Ancient Roman Theater of Marcellus", created by Giuliano Da Sangallo during the 1480's (Drawing, 460 x 378 mm).

An image of "Mountainous Landscape with Antique Ruins", created by Domenico Campagnola from 1531-33 (Drawing).

An image of "Figures beneath the Arches of a Classical Ruin", created by Cornelis Van Poelenburgh from 1620-25 (Pen and brush in brown over black chalk, 427 x 385 mm).