The ruins of the Chicago courthouse after the 1871 fire.

An image of "Figures among Ruins", created by Marco Ricciz (Gouache on paper, 32 x 46 cm).

An image of "Landscape with Roman Ruins", created by Francois De Nomez (Oil on canvas).

An image of "Ruins at Nimes", created by Hubert Robertz (Oil on canvas, 117 x 174 cm).

An image of "Landscape with a Ruined Archway", created by Jan Wynantsz (Oil on canvas, 22 x 27 cm).

An image of "Landscape with Ruins", created by Pierre Patelz (Oil on canvas, 59 x 85,5 cm).

An image of "Italian Landscape with the Ruins of a Roman Bridge and Aqueduct", created by Jan Asselynz (Oil on canvas, 67 x 82 cm).

An image of "Ancient Ruins", created by Jan Baptist Weenixz (Oil on canvas, 80,5 x 68,3 cm).

An image of "Landscape with Roman Ruins", created by Paul De Cockz (Oil on canvas, 92 x 68,5 cm).

An image of "Landscape with Ruin and Bridge", created by Jan Van Huysumz (Oil on wood, 23 x 29 cm).

August, 2005, report on the devastation to Gulfport, Mississippi, by Hurricane Katrina.

Based on a location map, this site gives you information and images of Mayan archaeological sites. There is also a time line of architectural styles that links to the sites of each style.

The remains of two great East African ports admired by early European explorers are situated on two small islands near the coast. From the 13th to the 16th century, the merchants of Kilwa dealt in gold, silver, pearls, perfumes, Arabian...

Ancient Pueblo Peoples archaeological site from 1060 with a very large kiva.

Preserves ancestral Pueblo structures in north-western New Mexico.

Explore the Bolivian Highlands with this interactive virtual tour. Click on each picture to enlarge it and see a satellite image of it from Google Earth.

Guilloche, usually spelled without the acute accent on the final e, describes a repetitive architectural pattern widely used in classical Greece and Rome, consisting of two ribbons that wind around a series of regular central points....

First walls discovered in Pompeii.

An ancient city located in the heart of the Syrian Desert.

The city of Thebes was a major city during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt. Portrays the wreckage of the city, with many buildings and pillars eroded.

A representation of an Assyrian griffin that adorned their buildings prior to the Persian conquest.

Over the Winged Bulls were painted other acts of the king surrounded by his eunuchs and warriors, and these representations were in their turn surrounded by an ornamental border, in which winged-bulls and monstrous beasts, as well as the...

Describes the racist views of European imperialists when they encountered the ruins of Greater Zimbabwe. Also describes the archaeological history of the ruins and explores the question: who built them?

Do ants sometimes ruin your picnic? There are some chemical ant repellents you can spray to keep them away, but who wants to spray poison all over their food? In this experiment you can investigate some less toxic solutions that may be...