Chile · Zone
Ahu Tongariki — Fifteen Moai at the Edge of the Pacific
Toppled by rival clans in the 17th century and then hurled inland by a 1960 tsunami, fifteen moai…
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Iraq · Zone
Ahwar of Southern Iraq — The Mesopotamian Marshes Where Human Civilisation Began
The ancient marshlands at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates — birthplace of the world first cities,…
Greece · Zone
Aigai – Royal Tombs of Vergina
The first capital of the Kingdom of Macedon, where archaeologist Manolis Andronikos broke into the only unlooted Macedonian…
Syria · Building
Ain Dara
Ain Dara was one of the finest Syro-Hittite religious complexes in the ancient Near East — a basalt…
Jordan · Zone
Ain Ghazal
On the northeastern edge of modern Amman, the Neolithic settlement of Ain Ghazal was the largest known human…
Turkey · Zone
Aizanoi
On a high plateau in western Anatolia, the ancient city of Aizanoi preserves one of the most completely…
Greece · Zone
Akrotiri
The "Pompeii of the Aegean" — a thriving Minoan port city buried under volcanic ash around 1620 BC,…
Grecia · Archaeological site
Akrotiri — Minoan Bronze Age City
A Minoan port city sealed under volcanic ash around 1600 BC, Akrotiri is one of the best-preserved prehistoric…
Ethiopia · Zone
Aksum — Stelae Park
The ruins of the most powerful state in sub-Saharan Africa before the Mali Empire — the Aksumite Empire…
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