An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.

A serene desert oasis speckled with ancient artifacts.

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.

The legendary fortress of a female Kurdish warrior leader.

Qshla Koya is an Ottoman fortress located on a hillock in the central quarter of Koya.

The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq until ISIS blew it up twice and then drove over it with bulldozers.

One of the largest cemeteries in the world.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

The history of Mar Behnam Monastery is that of violence, intolerance, resiliency, and spirituality.

This ancient stone bridge is a hub for daredevils.

A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.