Glastonbury: the legendary Avalon -- Glastonbury's temple of the stars -- T'ai shan: a sacred Chinese mountain -- The symbolism of Chartres -- The powers behing Chartres -- The mystic temple of Stonehenge -- Stonehenge revisited -- Avebury: an ancient fertility centre -- Santiago de Compostela: shrine of St James -- Newgrange: a wealth of prehistoric symbols -- The megalithic avenues of Carnac -- Cumae: an ancient cave of prophecy -- The oracle at Delphi -- The Externsteine: a German sanctuary -- Malta: shrines to an earth mother -- Giza: the riddle of the great pyramid -- Champions of pyramidology -- Palenque: a Mayan ceremonial centre -- The unique face of the Maya -- Mecca: the magnetic city -- The beating heart of Islam -- Jerusalem: the holy city of God -- Takht-i Sulaiman: city of the royal fire -- The fire of the Zoroastrian faith -- The fabulous tower of Babel -- Temple-towers of the near east -- Nasca: the patterns of Peru --

The people behind the lines -- Mazes and labyrinths: symbols of the soul -- Ayers rock: the dreamtime sanctuary -- The earth mounds of North America -- Geomancy: mysterious art of placement -- Leys on the English landscape -- The giant statues of Easter Island -- The chalk giant of Cerne Abbas -- Hill figures of Old England -- Machu Picchu: fabulous Inca citadel -- Exploring old Peru -- Chaco Canyon: the Pueblo communities -- The four corners country -- Teotihuacan: mysterious city of the gods -- Aztecs, Toltecs and Olmecs -- Great Zimbabwe: African trade centre -- The riches of great Zimbabwe -- Angkor: the Hindu temple city -- The legacy of the Khmer people -- Knossos: the labyrinthine city -- Susa: glorious city of the Persians -- The legendary city of Troy -- The protagonists of Troy -- Petra: the city of tombs -- Mohenjo-Daro: the first planned city -- Atlantis: a paradise lost? -- They found Atlantis? -- The vanished domain of Lyonesse --

Lemuria: the elusive continent

Advocates of lost Lemuria

Shangri-La: the secret utopia

Eldorado: the fabulous golden realm

Digging for South American gold.