A great concentration of ancestral Pueblo Indian dwellings, built from the 6th to the 12th century, can be found on the Mesa Verde plateau in south-west Colorado at an altitude of more than 2,600 m.

Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ancient dwelling of the Anasazi people and the third largest cliff dwelling in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. From Cortez, take US 160 east for eight ...

Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado preserves the remarkable legacy of the Ancestral Pueblo people who thrived here for centuries. Known for its stunning cliff dwellings like Cliff Palace and Balcony ...

As climate change shapes the Southwest, Mesa Verde National Park strives to protect both ancient forests and vulnerable cliff dwellings. Hooked onto a rope slung around a tree, National Park Service ...

These ancient cliff dwellings were once the home of the Sinagua people of the Ancestral Puebloans and are now among the largest cave dwellings in the area. The pictographs that cover the walls of ...

There are places that you visit where you can feel the presence of those who have come before and the history that is held within. When I stepped onto the trail at Bandelier National Monument, I ...

AFP Bamiyan - The ancient caves lining the Bamiyan valley ... who has been living in a cave atop a cliff with his wife and three children for thirty years. "It's very difficult to climb up here ...

Further exploration led to the discovery of the largest concentration of cliff dwellings ever found ... might suffer the same fate as smaller ancient sites discovered in the Four Corners area ...