From the towering chariot temples of Hampi to 150-room cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde, this episode is packed with massive architecture, sacred rituals, and advanced engineering. Plus: how ancient ...

“I studied these peoples, the ancestral Puebloans,” the former Fairfax resident said of her decision to work in southwest Colorado’s Mesa Verde National Park. Besides this $3-per-person tour ...

Mesa Verde National Park is home to some of the oldest human dwellings in North America. ... These cliff dwellings were built by the Ancestral Pueblo people and date back more than 700 years.

Mesa Verde National Park will restart its hallmark cliff dwelling tours that were suspended in 2020 because of the ... Cliff dwellings and overlooks are considered high visitor-use areas, ...

FILE – In this Aug. 27, 2005 file photo, visitors tour Cliff Palace, an ancient cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, Colo. Researchers say they have new evidence that ancestral Pueblo ...

During a normal summer, Mesa Verde National Park park rangers and staff are busy leading daily guided tours of the signature cliff dwellings and archeological sites built by Ancestral Puebloans. But ...

Can you see Mesa Verde cliff dwellings from the road? Yes. Visitors can see various cliff dwellings along Cliff Palace Loop Road and Mesa Top Loop Road. “It's been set up to really see 700 years ...

An inconspicuous free-standing arch that spans the famous Spruce Tree House cliff dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park is secured by 60-year-old bolts and is threatening to collapse.

Mesa Verde National Park isn't as well known as Yellowstone or Yosemite, but annually, an average of 670,000 people make the trek to southwestern Colorado to explore the ancient cliff dwellings.

In contrast to the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde or the small canyon homes nearby, Hovenweep has many spectacular free-standing structures, most reachable via an easy trail from the park entrance.

Inside the history of Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park 07:43. Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park is being recognized for what can only be seen in the dark.

DENVER (AP) — Researchers say they have found a new clue into the mysterious exodus of ancient cliff-dwelling people from the Mesa Verde area of Colorado more than 700 years ago: DNA from the bones of ...