If tombs could talk, the Valley of the Kings would never stop whispering. Tucked into the arid cliffs west of the Nile in Luxor, this haunting necropolis has held the secrets of Egypt's most powerful pharaohs for over three thousand years. Here, in a sun-scorched landscape carved by time and devotion, lie the eternal homes of rulers who once believed they'd live forever.

From the outside, it might look like a jumble of random boulders scattered across a hill—but step a little closer and you’ll find yourself walking through an ancient, rocky time capsule. Welcome to Stone Garden in Padalarang, West Java—a surreal limestone landscape perched high above the city, right beside the mysterious Goa Pawon, a cave that once housed prehistoric humans.