It was not surprising that the North showed little sympathy when the fighting stopped and the South lay in ruins.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

Archaeologists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were stunned to find the ruins and the records of remarkable peoples and cultures--massive, complex empires in some cases, but some of which had completely disappeared from human memory.

十九和二十世纪的考古学家们,震惊地发现了,古代伟大名族和文化的遗迹，有些还是大规模，复杂的帝国遗迹,但也有一些就完全从人类记忆中消失了。

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Years of civil war left southern Sudan in ruins.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

With his home in ruins, his father dead, and his family hungry, Faraj Samouni says he believes it is time to negotiate a solution.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

You can see many other ruins by following the more than one hundred kilometers of trails in Bandelier.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

It is one of several large pueblos whose ruins have been found in Bandelier National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Torrey says it was no small feat composing shots of the ruins without any tourists in the frame, but even more difficult was chasing the ever-changing angles of natural light.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

"Stone Offerings" The book,published by Lightpoint Press, offers a new take on the Incan ruins the enduring strength with lessons about and beauty of a city built in harmony with nature.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15