{"id":10799,"date":"2024-05-10T11:15:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T10:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxurygoldbdev.wpengine.com\/?p=10799"},"modified":"2025-02-24T13:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:01:57","slug":"ancient-civilisations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/ancient-civilisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Treasures: Exploring the Riches of Ancient Civilizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From King Tut\u2019s tomb in Egypt to Roman relics in England, you\u2019ll find endless hidden treasures when you explore ancient civilization sites around the world with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/\">Luxury Gold<\/a>. We\u2019ve selected some of the highlights to inspire your next luxury journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King Tut\u2019s Tomb, Luxor, Egypt<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10837 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"Interior of King Tutankhamen's tomb in Luxor, Egypt \" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713-120x80.jpeg 120w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713-255x170.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713-345x230.jpeg 345w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1.-pexels-axp-photography-18934713.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As one of the oldest ancient civilizations on the planet, the Ancient Egyptian timeline stretches from before 3100 BCE until the end of the Roman Period around 400 CE. Even the Ancient Egyptians studied the Ancient Egyptians, unearthing hidden treasures and studying them with a reverent curiosity. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">King Tut\u2019s Tomb, however, is a modern-day discovery that is rivaled only by the pyramids and the Sphinx.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A century ago, archaeologists stumbled upon a staircase in the Valley of the Kings: one leading to the tomb of King Tutankhamen, a young pharaoh of Egypt with a short and debatably uneventful reign. The discovery of his tomb, however, was one of the most important in the study of Ancient Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hidden in the sand, it was overlooked by centuries of tomb raiders. While the treasures in the surrounding king\u2019s tombs were near-empty by the time modern archaeologists studied them, Tut\u2019s tomb and its contents were relatively undisturbed, leading to both new revelations of Ancient Egypt and the cultural boom of Egyptomania that still captivates the world today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Take a seven-night luxury Nile cruise, see King Tut\u2019s Tomb, the Great Pyramids of Giza and more on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/en-au\/tours\/elegance-of-the-nile\">Nile River cruise in Egypt<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>You may be interested to read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/nile-grandest-river-in-the-world\/\">Riches of the Nile: Why Egypt\u2019s icon is the grandest river in the world<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pachacamac Idol, Lima, Peru<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11608 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"The red and white flog of Peru flies in front of the bright yellow city hall building in Lima against. bright blue sky\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-255x170.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-345x230.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384-1320x881.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Getty-475480384.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu, it\u2019s easy to forget that ancient civilizations like the Inca were found throughout what\u2019s now known as Peru. Which is why it\u2019s so inspiring and exciting when hidden treasures are still unearthed in modern cities like Lima.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pachacamac Idol is a statue more than 2 meters high (over 7-feet tall) and was first introduced in modern-day history via Spanish colonial accounts. A conquistador attempted to destroy it in the 1530s; an attempt that was thought successful until the 1930s when it was uncovered near Lima at the Painted Temple archaeological site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Painted Temple was a holy pilgrimage site where this idol, believed to house an oracle, was unearthed. Although its existence alone is a priceless discovery, scientists have recently carbon-dated the statue and believe that the Pachacamac Idol was carved between 760 and 876 AD \u2014 predating the Incan empire\u2019s arrival.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Luxury Gold\u2019s<\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/tours\/treasures-of-the-incas\">Treasures of the Incas<\/a><\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><em>tour<\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><em>begins and ends in Lima, offering you the opportunity to visit the Pachacamac Site Museum before or after your 12-day luxury small-group journey.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Bookmark for later:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/spirituality-peru-sacred-valley\/\"><em>Embrace the spirituality of the Incas in Peru\u2019s Sacred Valley<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roman God Sculpted Heads, Carlisle, England<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10841 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/7.-pexels-michelle-reeves-3022425-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"A sliver coloured Roman statue of a bearded man reclining on his side holding a water jug\" width=\"800\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/7.-pexels-michelle-reeves-3022425-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/7.-pexels-michelle-reeves-3022425-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/7.-pexels-michelle-reeves-3022425-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/7.-pexels-michelle-reeves-3022425-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/7.-pexels-michelle-reeves-3022425.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Italy may be the epicenter of Ancient Rome, but this iconic ancient civilization left hidden treasures scattered throughout Europe. Even in Great Britain, archaeologists are still uncovering remnants of Roman occupation. One of their most<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recent discoveries are sculptures of Roman gods found at a cricket club (how quintessentially British).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area around the Carlisle Cricket Club is a trove of hidden treasures: over 1,000 artifacts including coins, pottery, weapons, and more have been found over the last two years. Once the site of a Roman bathhouse, these sculpture heads are dated around 200 AD and their large size is an especially uncommon feature found in Roman Britain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>See more Roman sites in Bath when you join<\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/tours\/british-royale\">British Royale,<\/a><\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><em>a sensational 10-day trip through England and Scotland.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>You may also like to read:<\/em> <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/englands-finest-rose-gardens\/\">Blooming Romance: Where to Find England\u2019s Finest Rose Gardens<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stone Turtle Statue, Angkor Wat, Cambodia<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11611 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Three monks dressed in bright organ walk in front oa a stone temple at Angkor Wat in Cambodia\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-255x170.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-345x230.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/lg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Large-Three-monks-with-umbrellas-walking-inside-a-temple-1005607834.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Excavations of the Angkor Wat temple complex are ongoing, and have been since its discovery in 1840. Today, however, might yield some of the most exciting rediscoveries of the last 200 years. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A large stone turtle statue was found in the Srah Srang reservoir during excavations of a small temple. The turtle is an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, so it\u2019s far from a common find. What\u2019s significant, however, is similar statues and artifacts are being found in other nearby temples within the reservoir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archaeologists are discovering new undocumented medieval cities buried around Angkor Wat, and with these submerged temples yielding significant artifacts, there\u2019s hope that other vast temple complexes may be unearthed around Siem Reap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Visit Siem Reap on<\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\/tours\/inspiring-indochina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inspiring Indochina,<\/a><\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><em>a 16-day luxury journey through Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Take a look at what other riches you could uncover with our collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxurygold.com\">luxury small-group journeys.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From King Tut\u2019s tomb in Egypt to Roman relics in England, you\u2019ll find endless hidden treasures when you explore ancient&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":11610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[358,359,362,54],"tags":[410,79,295,81,529],"class_list":["post-10799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-asia","category-latin-america","category-luxury-journeys","tag-cambodia","tag-destinations","tag-egypt","tag-peru","tag-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hidden Treasures: Exploring the Riches of Ancient Civilizations<\/title>\n<meta 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