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
Ancient capital of the Kingdom of Axum, where towering carved stelae and a church said to hold the…
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
Three million date palms, springs older than memory and a fortress built by Ottoman governors: Al-Ahsa is the…
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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