Gümüşler – The Byzantine Cave Monastery
Gümüşler Monastery is an archaeological site and Byzantine monastery carved out of rock in the modern-day town of Gümüşler in Turkey.
Sigiriya – The Lion Rock
Sigiriya is an archaeological site and ancient city, located in the Matale District in the Central Province of Sri Lanka.
Xanadu – Summer Capital of the Mongol Empire
Xanadu, also called Shangdu is an archaeological site and summer capital of the Yuan dynasty that ruled the Mongol Empire.
Mohenjo-daro – Mound of the Dead Men
Mohenjo-daro, meaning ‘Mound of the Dead Men’ is an archaeological site and ancient city complex located west of the Indus River in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan.
Persepolis – Ceremonial Capital of the Achaemenid Empire
Persepolis is an archaeological site and the ceremonial capital city of the Achaemenid Empire, also called the First Persian Empire that covered an area of 2.1 million square miles from the Balkans and Eastern Europe proper in the west, to the Indus Valley in the east.
Mari – The Ancient City State
Mari is an archaeological site, located near Abu Kamal on the western bank of the Euphrates in Syria.
The Kingdom of Qatna
Qatna, also called Katna is an archaeological site located near the village of al-Mishrifeh in the Homs Governorate of Syria.
Hattusa – The Hittite Capital
The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people, who established an empire covering Anatolia, northern Levant, and Upper Mesopotamia.
Koi Krylgan Kala – The Ancient Temple Complex
Koi Krylgan Kala, also called Qoy Qırılg'an qala locally is an archaeological site in the Ellikqal'a District of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, within Uzbekistan.
Serjilla – The Dead City
Serjilla is an abandoned settlement, part of a group of 40 similar sites known as the “Dead Cities” that are organised into 8 archaeological parks in northwest Syria.
Merv the Great – The city of Several Cities
Merv, also known by many names such as Alexandria, Antiochia in Margiana and Marv-i-Shahijan or “Merv the Great” was an ancient city located in present Turkmenistan.
The Maijishan Grottoes
The Maijishan Grottoes is an elaborate range of rock-cut ceremonial chambers, containing over 7200 Buddhist sculptures and 100 square metres of murals in Tianshui, northwest China.
The Ellora Caves
The Ellora Caves is a large rock-cut monastery temple complex located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India.
Masada – The Fortress Palace
Masada is an ancient fortress and palace, built on the plateau of a geological horst (regions that lie between normal faults and are either higher or lower than the area beyond the faults) in the Southern District of Israel overlooking the dead sea.
Derinkuyu – The Underground City
Derinkuyu is an underground hive city in the Derinkuyu district, Turkey, one of 36 proposed underground city complexes found throughout the region of Cappadocia.
