Michigan’s Ancient Copper Culture: An Essay on Speculative History
Truth and Lies. Facts and frauds. The history of this planet is filled with both objective and subjective accounts of the events that have transpired throughout the millennia. The subjectivity comes...
View ArticleAmerica’s Stonehenge: Megalithic Ruins, Ancient Sailors and . . . Alpacas
North of Boston, less than an hour away, lays an interesting archaeological site. The greatest debate about it is whether or not it is authentic. If it is, it could rewrite many of the accepted...
View ArticlePhanom Rung and the Great Motorbike Adventure
The Khmer Empire, a Hindu civilization that existed in Cambodia around 800-1200, though recent by archaeological standards, created some of the most spectacular ruins that still exist today. From their...
View ArticlePasts Forgotten in Isan – Ban Chiang, Thailand
“The objects found at Ban Chieng . . . all of them beautifully made, and bear witness to an advanced civilization that has completely vanished.” - David Hatcher Childress It’s amazing how things can...
View ArticleAngkor’s Last Outpost – Prasat Muang Sing
In the grasslands of the western Thailand frontier, no more than 20 kilometers from the Myanmar border, the farthest outpost of a fallen civilization still stands. It’s city walls hug the River Kwae...
View ArticleLore of the Dragon Valley – the Ruins of Lembah Bujang
“undoubted relics of a Hindoo colony, with ruins of temples . . . mutilated images . . .” - James Low Less than an hour in Malaysia and I was left on the side of the major highway that runs along the...
View ArticleTravel Theme: Green
I had wasted nearly an hour travelling the wrong direction down an Isan highway. My destination was the various Khmer ruins hidden somewhere to the south. As I was already skirting the Cambodian...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Up
After a disappointing turn around by a military blockade in the disputed border region of Cambodia/Thailand on my way to try and see the ruins of Prasat Preah Vihear, I was aching to see something in...
View ArticleTravel Theme: Contrast
Straddling the Cambodia border, atop of the extinct volcano of Phanom Rung, is one of the most magnificent Angkorian structures outside of Cambodia. Prasat Phanom Rung is a temple dedicated to Shiva...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Curves
Another highlight of my recent time in Ayutthaya, Wat Phra Sri Sanphet is the largest intact structure from the original city. The wat (Buddhist temple) served as a private chapel for the ruling family...
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Preah Vihear: Ruins Victim to Conflict
Categories: Borderworlds, Everywhere, Isan, Lost Cities, Thailand, TravelTags: archaeology, Phra Wiharn, Preah Vihear, Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani*Due to the tumultuous political nature of this...
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Ancient Lopburi and the Monkey Temple of Lavo
Categories: Central Plains, Everywhere, Lost Cities, Thailand, The Story So Far, TravelTags: archaeology, Ayutthaya, Dvaravati, History, Khmer Empire, Lopburi, monkeys, Phra Narai Palace, Phra Prang...
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Travel Theme: Ancient
Categories: Everywhere, Lost Cities, Myanmar, Photo Challenges, TravelTags: archaeology, Hanlin, Mandalay, Myanmar, Pyu, ruins, Shwebo Ancient sites are a big reason of why I love to travel....
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Chansen Ancient City: Inland Island of the Dvaravati
Categories: Central Plains, Everywhere, Lost Cities, Thailand, TravelTags: archaeology, Chansen Ancient City, Dvaravati, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, ruins, ThailandView Larger Map The fields were burning as...
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Sukhothai: Dawn of Happiness, Dawn of Thailand
Categories: Central Plains, Everywhere, Lost Cities, Thailand, The Story So Far, TravelTags: archaeology, buddhism, Khmer Empire, Sukhothai, Thailand, Wat Mahathat, Wat Phra Pai Luang, Wat Si Sawai,...
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Kamphaeng Phet and the Aranyik Forest Temples
Categories: Central Plains, Everywhere, Lost Cities, Thailand, The Story So Far, TravelTags: archaeology, Kamphaeng Phet, ruins, Sukhothai, ThailandFresh from the dry plains of Old Sukhothai, the...
View ArticleVesali: Second City of the Rakhine
Categories: Asia, Everywhere, Lost Cities, Myanmar, The Story So Far Tags: Arakan, buddhism, Great Vesali Image, Mrauk U, Myanmar, Rakhine, ruins, Vesali “Having built a city which is more beautiful...
View ArticlePrang Ku: Angkor’s Northern Frontier
Categories: Everywhere, Isan, Lost Cities, Thailand Tags: Angkor Ruins, Angkor Wat, Isaan, Isan, Khmer Empire, Prang Ku, Prasat Nong Ku, Roi Et A millennium ago, the Khmer Empire ruled over most of...
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Is Gunung Padang Evidence of the World’s Oldest Civilization?
Categories: Everywhere, Indonesia, Lost Cities Tags: Andrew Collins, archaeology, civilization, Dr. Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, Graham Hancock, Gunung Padang, History, Indonesia, lost civilization,...
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The Pagodas of Chongqing
Categories: China, Everywhere, Lost Cities, The Chongqing Days Tags: architecture, buddhism, China, Chongqing, Ciqikou, Eling Park, pagoda, stupa, 中国, 磁器口, 重庆 A signature of Asian architecture, the...
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