Archaeological Site of Ani
The extensive ruins – palaces, churches, mosques, fortifications, and homes – of an important trading city on the medieval Silk Road, where diverse cultures and architectural traditions met and blended.
Hegra Archaeological Site (al-Hijr / Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ)
An ancient Nabatean town with a number of massive rock-cut tombs from the 1st century AD.
Quseir Amra
An 8th-century desert castle with unusual Umayyad-period frescoes.
Hierapolis-Pamukkale
A Greco-Roman spa town and the enormous calcium terraces, waterfalls, basins and pools where it is located.
City of Safranbolu
A medieval caravan stop on the Silk Road that contains many examples of traditional Ottoman architecture.
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
An ancient and disputed city, holy to three major religions.
Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex
A mosque complex representing the height of Ottoman architectural achievement.
Byblos
Ruins of many layers of civilizations and the birthplace of the Phoenician alphabet.
Baalbek
An astoundingly large and well-preserved Roman temple complex.
Wadi Rum Protected Area
A desert landscape known for its beauty as well as its archeological importance.
Ancient City of Qalhat
The ruins of a major trade-route city of the Kingdom of Hormuz.
Bahla Fort
A massive mud-brick fortress, the capital of the Banu Nebhan and the centre of Ibadism in the Middle Ages.
Anjar
Remains of an 8th-century Umayyad town that offers insight into Umayyad town planning and architecture.
Ephesus
An ancient port city with ruins from the Greek, Roman and early Christian periods.
Petra
A 2000-year-old Nabatean archeological site with hundreds of tombs and temples carved from sandstone cliffs.
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
Magnificent temples demonstrating the power of Ancient Egyptian civilization.
Old City of Acre
An ancient walled city where Ottoman structures were built on top of a Crusader-era fortress.
Socotra Archipelago
Four Indian Ocean islands with extraordinary biodiversity and distinct endemic species.
Masada
A 2000-year-old desert palace complex with a dramatic story of Jewish resistance against Roman rule.
Persepolis
Ruins of what was a magnificent palace complex over 2000 years ago, capital of the Achaemenid Empire.
Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
A collection of 9 archeological sites covering several historical periods of an important city’s grand monuments.
Archaeological Site of Troy
Excavation of the ancient Greek city of Troy, site of the Trojan War.
Historic Cairo
A collection of more than 800(!) structures – a fortress, religious sites, houses, cemeteries and many more – dating from about 100 AD until the 18th century.
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Extensive temples and tombs that illuminate the history of ancient Egyptian civilization in architecture, art and text.
Cultural Sites of Al Ain
Evidence of a prehistoric transition from nomadic to sedentary societies around oases.