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Middle East

Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

An ancient and disputed city, holy to three major religions.

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Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex

Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex

A mosque complex representing the height of Ottoman architectural achievement.

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Byblos

Byblos

Ruins of many layers of civilizations and the birthplace of the Phoenician alphabet.

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Baalbek

Baalbek

An astoundingly large and well-preserved Roman temple complex.

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Wadi Rum Protected Area

Wadi Rum Protected Area

A desert landscape known for its beauty as well as its archeological importance.

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Ancient City of Qalhat

Ancient City of Qalhat

The ruins of a major trade-route city of the Kingdom of Hormuz.

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Bahla Fort

Bahla Fort

A massive mud-brick fortress, the capital of the Banu Nebhan and the centre of Ibadism in the Middle Ages.

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Anjar

Anjar

Remains of an 8th-century Umayyad town that offers insight into Umayyad town planning and architecture.

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Ephesus

Ephesus

An ancient port city with ruins from the Greek, Roman and early Christian periods.

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Petra

Petra

A 2000-year-old Nabatean archeological site with hundreds of tombs and temples carved from sandstone cliffs.

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Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

Magnificent temples demonstrating the power of Ancient Egyptian civilization.

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Old City of Acre

Old City of Acre

An ancient walled city where Ottoman structures were built on top of a Crusader-era fortress.

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Socotra Archipelago

Socotra Archipelago

Four Indian Ocean islands with extraordinary biodiversity and distinct endemic species.

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Masada

Masada

A 2000-year-old desert palace complex with a dramatic story of Jewish resistance against Roman rule.

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Persepolis

Persepolis

Ruins of what was a magnificent palace complex over 2000 years ago, capital of the Achaemenid Empire.

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Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape

Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape

A collection of 9 archeological sites covering several historical periods of an important city’s grand monuments.

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Archaeological Site of Troy

Archaeological Site of Troy

Excavation of the ancient Greek city of Troy, site of the Trojan War.

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Historic Cairo

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.

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Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Extensive temples and tombs that illuminate the history of ancient Egyptian civilization in architecture, art and text.

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Cultural Sites of Al Ain

Cultural Sites of Al Ain

Evidence of a prehistoric transition from nomadic to sedentary societies around oases.

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