This is a region of river valleys, fields of olive, almond and citrus trees and magnificent ruins.

The magnificent ruins of Kilcooley Abbey point to its important and the wonderful stonework.

Baalbek was one of the great cities of ancient times and today is primarily a tourist center, known for its magnificent ruins.

Tourist buses no longer crowd the entrance to these magnificent ruins.

Ayutthaya is 76 kilometres north of Bangkok and boasts numerous magnificent ruins.

So many magnificent ruins we have seen!

By then Berenice had dwindled to an insignificant village among magnificent ruins.

All turned the photographing of magnificent ruins and ancient sites into an art form.

The magnificent ruins of Angkor, which few foreign travelers dared to visit during Cambodia's long civil war, are once again a risky travel destination.

Most of the old town is gone, but along the nearby mountainside in deep brush lays the magnificent and ghostly ruins of the mine site.