A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

This millennium-old site reflects a time when sugar was a treasured commodity.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

The remains of three different ancient civilizations have been found at this rich archaeological site.

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

The oldest Buddhist monastery in Mongolia has survived centuries of invasions, political shifts, and religious purges.

A jagged silhouette of shamanistic stone heaps rises from the shore of this dazzling mile-high lake.

This famed Silk Road oasis was one of the largest cities in the world before it was destroyed by a Mongol horde.

If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

Right beyond the Uzbekistan-Tajikistan border lies the oldest human settlement in Central Asia.

A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.

This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.