Armchair Traveler's Guide to Ancient Sites Around the World

Take a worldwide walk through ancient history in this the carnival travel blog posted by About.com's Go Mexico guide, Suzanne Barbezat. Visit Egypt's pyramids, the rose-red city of Petra carved into a limestone mountain in Jordan, the grotto of Tiberius in Italy and ancient ruins in far-flung lands. Click on "Ancient Sites Around the World" to start exploring.

Remember those pictures of Angelina Jolie in the film Tomb Raider, when she raced among crumbling temple ruins ripped apart through the centuries by gigantic trees? The filming took place in Angkor Wat and other temples in Angkor Archeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cambodia.

It doesn't matter whether you trek along narrow trails clinging to mountainsides in the Andes, or take the train from Cusco and a bus up a windy road to Peru's Machu Picchu. Wandering among the ruins of Machu Picchu, last year voted one of the World's New 7 Wonders, evokes a haunting sense of the past