The Mughal emperor Akbar built the city of Fatehpur Sikri in the late 1500's to honor a seikh who had accurately predicted that he would have three sons. It was the capital of northern India for a while, then suddenly it was vacated, probably because of a lack of nearby water.

Many of the 400-year-old carved red sandstone structures are in perfect condition — since nobody was living there in recent centuries, Fatehpur Sikri has never been attacked or destroyed in the many wars fought during that time.

Fatehpur Sikri is about 20 miles west of Agra, the city where the Taj Mahal is located.