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The Drum and Bell towers were built in 1272 under the rule of Kublai Khan during the Yuan Dynasty. Since that time, the towers have been continually reconstructed and renovated.

The Drum and Bell towers are located in Beijing and functioned as time keeping devices, sounding off the time in the city. The buildings have stopped with their original function, but the towers have become a major tourist attraction for the capital. In January 2010, the Chinese news media announced a plan to redevelop the area that would involve building new shopping areas and a museum at the site.

The greatest discovery of all times was King Tut's tomb (KV62) in the Valley of the Kings. In this 3D online virtual area, you can experience that yourself. Dig up artefacts and gather points and marvel at - as well as decode - the wall paintings in the tomb to get a glimpse at the afterlife that was so important to the Ancient Egyptians.

Zoom in on King Tut's greatest treasures and explore the Valley of the Kings at the time when Carter made the world's greatest archaeological discovery ever: the Tomb of Tutankhamun. Experience life by the Nile in Ancient Egypt, gather clues to have a look at what the Egyptians envisioned the afterlife to be and dig up your own artefacts. All this is possible in King Tut Virtual.

The discovery of the London Mithraeum was made during rebuilding works carried out in the City of London in 1954. There was great public interest in the ruins on their discovery, with 80,000 visitors flocking to see the site. Public demand meant the ruins were preserved in a site opposite the street, where they were tilted at 90 degrees to fit in the space so building work could continue.

The site today hangs in the balance with a development of Walbrook Square first being delayed, then cancelled due to the economic recession. The remains of the London Mithraeum were due to be moved back to their original position and showcased inside a new building designed by Sir Norman Foster.

Taq-e Bostan is a series of large rock relief which dates back to the era of the Sassanid Empire of Persia, during the Iranian dynasty. The Sassanid Empire ruler over western Asia from 226-650 AD. This Sassanid art is located 5 km from the city of Kermanshah in western Iran. The rock relief holds 30 surviving Sassanid relics of the Zagros mountains. The rock reliefs have two big and small arches.

The site features a 1,700 year old base relief dedicated to Mithras. Taq-e Bostan also features reliefs illustrating the crowning ceremonies of Ardashir I and his son, Shapur I, Shapur II and Khosrau II. The hunting scenes of Khosrau II are also depicted on the rocks.

The Colchester Roman Circus is situated in modern day Colchester, which was once the ancient Roman settlement known as Camulodunum. This prehistoric site is the only known Roman chariot racing track found in the United Kingdom dating back 2000 years ago. In 2005 archaeologists discovered that the remains they were discovering as part of a land evaluation dig was infact this Roman circus.

Recently a campaign was held which raised £200,000 to save this Roman circus in order to preserve this important part of ancient Roman life.

Blombos Cave is a limestone cave site in South Africa famous for archaeological discoveries which have altered scholars' conception of the origins of modern thought. Christopher Henshilwood, an archaeologist from State University of New York (Stony Brook), found two pieces of ochre decorated with intricate etching patterns, a collection of necklace beads and bone tools which dated to 77,000 years ago. The artifacts are evidence of symbolic thought in humans, 40,000 years earlier than scientists had originally hypothesized.

The Pyramid of Behenu belonged to Queen Behenu, who was thought to be the wife of either Pepi I or Pepi II. These kings ruled over Egypt during the 6th dynasty reigning from 2232-2283 BC and 2278–2184 BC respectively. The Pyramid of Behenu which is 25 metres in length and hold fragments of engraved hieroglyphic texts.

The pyramid was discovered by French archaeologists under the direction of doctor Philippe Collombert, who were working within the necropolis of Pepi I at Saqqara which is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis.

Queen Behenu's burial chamber was revealed, with the sarcophagus and some of the Pyramid Texts still intact.

Saqqara is situated 30 km from modern-day Cairo in Egypt and is a well known place for the famous Step Pyramid of king Djoser. It is a huge burial ground which served as the Necropolis for the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. The area has served as the necropolis for almost 3,000 years and has proved to be the birth place of new architecture of pyramid styles.

This necroplis holds the Pyramid of Pepi I, who ruled over Egypt during the 6th dynasty reigning from 2332 – 2283 BC. The pyramid lies towards the south of Saqqara and is almost completely destroyed due to stone raids throughout the centuries. The pyramid contains around 2500 stone blocks which hold hieroglyphic texts.

The ancient Latin city of Gabii was a city-state that was both a neighbour of, and a rival to, Rome in the first millennium BC. Gabii is located in the region of Italy once known as Latium. The site of Gabii was occupied since at least the 10th century BC until its decline in the second and third centuries AD. Major excavations have been carried out on the cemetery of Osteria dell'Osa in Gabii. These tombs have been divided into 14 groups, with each group exhibiting a set of distinctive traditions and each believed to represent a different community which has settled in the area.