Greece
Aigai – Royal Tombs of Vergina
The first capital of the Kingdom of Macedon, where archaeologist Manolis Andronikos broke into the only unlooted Macedonian…
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Jordan
Ain Ghazal
On the northeastern edge of modern Amman, the Neolithic settlement of Ain Ghazal was the largest known human…
Morocco
Aït Benhaddou
A fortified ksar on the Ouarzazate river in southeastern Morocco, Ait Benhaddou preserves centuries of caravan-route architecture as…
Turkey
Aizanoi
On a high plateau in western Anatolia, the ancient city of Aizanoi preserves one of the most completely…
Greece
Akrotiri
The "Pompeii of the Aegean" — a thriving Minoan port city buried under volcanic ash around 1620 BC,…
Ethiopia
Aksum
The ancient capital of one of the great civilisations of the ancient world and the claimed resting place…
Ethiopia
Aksum — Stelae Park
The ruins of the most powerful state in sub-Saharan Africa before the Mali Empire — the Aksumite Empire…
Saudi Arabia
Al-Ahsa Oasis
The largest natural oasis in the world and one of the most continuously cultivated agricultural landscapes on Earth…
Saudi Arabia
Al-Ahsa Oasis — The World’s Largest Natural Oasis
An inland sea of 2.5 million date palms fed by ancient underground springs, Al-Ahsa has sustained civilizations for…
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