Turkmenistan
Ancient Merv — Silk Road Metropolis of the Karakum Desert
At the edge of the Karakum Desert, where a river once made the otherwise impassable landscape habitable, five…
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Ancient Monuments of Kyoto
The imperial capital of Japan for more than a thousand years and the most concentrated collection of Buddhist…
Greece
Ancient Olympia
The sanctuary that founded the Olympic Games in 776 BCE, home to Phidias's lost Statue of Zeus and…
Egypt
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis — Luxor and Karnak
Luxor preserves the vast temple complex of Karnak, Luxor Temple and the royal tombs of the Valley of…
Cambodia
Angkor
The largest religious monument ever built and the defining achievement of Southeast Asian civilisation — Angkor, the capital…
Cambodia
Angkor Thom
Angkor Thom was built around 1181 AD by Jayavarman VII after Cham invaders had sacked and burned the…
Turkey
Ani
The most haunting medieval ruin in the Middle East — Ani, the capital of the Bagratid Armenian kingdom…
Lebanon
Anjar
The only surviving city entirely conceived and built during the Umayyad Caliphate — Anjar (ancient Chalcis ad Belum),…
Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala
A Spanish colonial capital ringed by three volcanoes, Antigua Guatemala preserves earthquake ruins, Baroque churches and the country's…
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