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The <b>Leshan Giant Buddha</b> in <b>China</b> was carved out of rock during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=cn14190&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

<b>Machu Picchu</b> was built in the 15th century at 2430 meters above the Urubamba Valley in <b>Peru</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=pe10001&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Hummingbird</b> is a figure of the <b>Nazca Lines</b> in <b>Peru</b>, that were probably created as part of fertility rituals between 800 BC and 600 AD. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=pe8381&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Colosseum</b>, one of the main attractions in <b>Rome</b> and in <b>Italy</b>, was built between 72 and 80 AD. It is the largest amphitheater ever built in the world. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=it14636&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Pre-Columbian stone figures at the <b>Mesita A</b> in the <b>Archaeological Park of San Agustín</b> in <b>Colombia</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=co8166&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Gal Vihara</b> is a 12th-century rock temple in the ancient city of <b>Polonnaruwa</b>, <b>Sri Lanka</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=lk10001&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Vatadage of Medirigiriya</b> is a ruined Buddhist building structure from the Anuradhapura era in <b>Sri Lanka</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=lk7642&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

22 frescoes of the <b>Cloud Maidens</b> on the <b>Lion Rock of Sirigiya</b> in <b>Sri Lanka</b> survived the vandalism on October 14, 1967. According to an inscription, there were originally 500 drawings. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=lk9556&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Cave of the Great Kings</b> is the largest cave in the <b>Dambulla</b> Cave Temple complex in <b>Sri Lanka</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=lk6590&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Taj Mahal</b> is a mausoleum in <b>Agra</b>, completed in 1648. It is probably the most famous attraction in <b>India</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=in11909&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Lakshmana Temple</b>, the first major temple of the Chandella dynasty in the temple district of <b>Khajuraho</b>, was the largest temple in northern <b>India</b> at the time of its construction (c. 930-950). <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=in14702&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Angkor Wat</b> is a masterpiece of Hindu temple architecture and the most famous attraction in <b>Cambodia</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=kh7278&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Tula Atlases</b> depict Toltec warriors. They are now on the Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli Pyramid in Tollan-Xicocotitlan (Tula), <b>Mexico</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mx6574&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The richly decorated shaft tombs on the <b>Alto de Segovia</b> in <b>Tierradentro</b>, <b>Colombia</b>, was carved into the bedrock up to 5 meters deep. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=co16066&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The massive <b>Abhayagiri Dagoba</b> (stupa) is located in the Abhayagiri Monastery complex at <b>Anuradhapura</b> in <b>Sri Lanka</b>, which was founded in the 1st century BC. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=lk7616&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Pyramids of Giza</b> were built from about 2620 to 2500 BC. in the 4th dynasty on the Giza Palteau in <b>Cairo</b> in <b>Egypt</b>. They are among the oldest surviving structures of mankind. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=eg7455&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The impressive <b>Temple of Philae</b> is dedicated to the goddess Isis and is today located on the Nile island of Agilkia in <b>Egypt</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=eg10461&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The most important pyramid of <b>El Tajín</b> in <b>Mexico</b> is the so-called <b>Niche Pyramid</b>. It is 25 m high and has 365 niches, which most likely symbolize a solar year. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mx6003&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Pyramid of the Sun</b> in central <b>Teotihuacan</b>, <b>Mexico</b>, was built around 100 AD. With a height of 65 m it is the third largest pyramid in the world. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mx11233&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Temple of Soleb</b> in <b>Sudan</b> is the largest Egyptian temple south of Thebes. He was born around 1350 BC. under Amenhotep III. erected and was dedicated to the kingdom god Amun-Ra and the deified king. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sd12126&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Pyramids of Meroe</b> served as burial sites for kings, queens, and high officials of the historic empire of Kush in Nubia, modern-day <b>Sudan</b>. They are built between 300 BC to 300 AD Physician and adventurer Giuseppe Ferlini destroyed some of them in 1834 in search of treasure. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sd7135&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Brihadishvara Temple</b> in <b>Thanjavur</b>, built under Rajaraja I, is considered one of the most important temples in South <b>India</b> and is one of the three "Great Temples of the Chola Dynasty". The temple‘s tower (vimana) is considered the pinnacle of the Dravidian style and its dome is made of solid granite weighing 80 tons. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=in10754&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Shore Temple</b> in <b>Mahabalipuram</b>, built around 720 under the Pallawa Dynasty, is probably the oldest freestanding temple in South <b>India</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=in14647&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

<b>Stonehenge</b> was built in <b>England</b> over 4000 years ago in the Neolithic period. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=gb9194&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Next to Angkor Wat, the <b>Bayon</b> is the most famous and impressive Khmer temple complex in <b>Angkor</b>, <b>Cambodia</b>. 37 of the former 54 towers have been preserved, on which mostly huge faces of the Bodhisattva Lokeshvara (also Avalokiteshvara) smile in the four cardinal directions. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=kh8194&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Temple of Inscriptions</b> in <b>Palenque</b> in <b>Mexico</b> was built in the late 7th century as the tomb of the Mayan ruler K‘inich Janaab Pakal I. The discovery of the burial chamber in 1952 disproved the view at the time that Mayan pyramids were exclusively temples. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mx52249&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Pyramid of Adivino</b> in <b>Uxmal</b>, <b>Mexico</b>, was built in the Puuc style between 700 and 1000 AD. It is considered unique because of its rounded sides, considerable height, steeply sloping outer walls and unusual elliptical base. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mx49970&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Pyramid of Kukulcán</b>, called El Castillo by the Spanish conquerors, in the ruined city of <b>Chichén Itzá</b> in <b>Mexico</b> is 30 m high and has nine pyramid steps. The The outer part visible today probably dates from the 11th/12th century, the previous building inside from the 8th/9th century. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mx49929&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The square base of the <b>Wat Chang Lom</b> in <b>Si Satchanalai</b>, <b>Thailand</b>, is decorated with elephants. The Sri Lankan-style laterite chedi dates from 1286. Twenty niches on the "first floor" were occupied by 1.4 m tall Buddha statues, some of which can still be seen today. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=th40101&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Wat Mahathat</b> in <b>Sukhothai</b>, <b>Thailand</b>, was probably founded under King Sri Indraditya between 1238 and about 1270. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=th40204&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The Buddhist <b>Wat Chai Watthanaram</b> in <b>Ayutthaya</b> in <b>Thailand</b> was built under King Prasat Thong in 1630 as the first temple of his reign. Its central Khmer-style prang, 35 m high, and four smaller prangs stand on a square platform. Steep stairs lead up to blind entrances on the four sides of the main podium. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=th29193&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

King Bodawpaya intended to build the world‘s largest pagoda at <b>Mingun</b> in <b>Myanmar</b> with a height of 152 m. It was built from 1790 to 1819. After Bodawpaya‘s death, construction stopped. Only the base of the pagoda, measuring 72 m on each side and 50 m in height, was built. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mm11316&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

<b>Bagan</b>, in today‘s <b>Myanmar</b>, became a center of power with the accession of King Anawrahta in 1044. Under him and his son Kyanzittha (1084-1113) the city reached its peak. Today, over two thousand brick sacred buildings have been preserved on an area of approximately 36 km². <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mm49&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Koe Thaung Temple</b> ("Temple of 90,000 Images") was built under King Dikkha in 1553-1556 and is the largest temple in <b>Mrauk U</b> in <b>Myanmar</b>. Its interior is decorated with countless small Buddha reliefs. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=mm12513&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Borobudur</b> in <b>Indonesia</b> is the largest Buddhist temple complex in the world and was probably built between 750 and 850 during the Sailendra dynasty. Bas-reliefs with a total length of more than 5 kilometers on the side walls of the individual floors tell of the life and work of Buddha. 76 stupas on the upper 3 terraces frame the main stupa with almost 11 meters in diameter. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=id14667&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Candi Prambanan</b> in <b>Indonesia</b> is one of the largest Hindu temples in Southeast Asia with a tall and pointed shape and a strict arrangement of numerous individual temples around the 47 m high main building in the middle. The Prambanan was built around the year 850, either under Rakai Pikatan, a king of Mataram, or under Balitung Maha Sambu during the Sanjaya dynasty. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=id14668&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Po Klong Garai</b> in <b>Vietnam</b> was built by the Cham under Jaya Simhavarman III in the late 13th century. A 21 m high kalan (tower sanctuary) and three other towers including a library have been preserved. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=vn7669&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The Hindu <b>Po Nagar</b> in <b>Nha Trang</b> in <b>Vietnam</b> was founded in the mid-8th century, enlarged in the 9th century and rebuilt after its destruction in the 11th century. The main temple (kalan) from the 11th century is the last large building of Cham architecture. The complex consists a meditation hall and four temples dedicated to the Hindu gods Hanuman, Ganesh, Shiva and Yan Po Nagar. The main temple is about 32 meters high. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=vn7679&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Philippeion</b> at <b>Olympia</b> in <b>Greece</b> was a rotunda donated by Philip II in 338 BC and completed by his son Alexander the Great. Statues by the sculptor Leochares of Philip and his family were placed in it. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=gr19742&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Parthenon</b> was built as a Doric peripteros on the <b>Acropolis in Athens</b> in <b>Greece</b> in gratitude for the rescue of the Athenians and Greeks by the city goddess Pallas Athena Parthenos after the last Persian war. It replaced the older temple of Athena, the so-called Pre-Parthenon, which had been destroyed during the Persian conquest of Athens in 480 BC. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=gr11146&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Park of Stelae (May Hedja) of Aksum</b> in <b>Ethiopia</b> with carved monolithic stone columns up to 33 meters long was the cemetery of the pre- and early Christian rulers of Aksum. In front stele 1 (overturned) (33.3 meters, approx. 520 tons), behind it stele 2 (24.6 meters, 170 tons), to the right of it stele 3 (with base 23.6 meters at an estimated 160 tons). <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=et8751&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The 25 m high (originally around 50 m high) Ziggurat of <b>Chogha Zanbil</b> in <b>Iran</b> is one of the best preserved temple towers in Mesopotamia. It has a side length of 105 m and is the oldest ziggurat found in Elam. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ir7200&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>"Gate of All Nations"</b> in <b>Persepolis</b> in modern-day <b>Iran</b> with colossal bull figures on the west portico and sphinxes with human heads, bull bodies, sickle-shaped eagle wings and cylindrical crowns and three pairs of horns on the east Portico was a small square palace built under Xerxes I. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ir7198&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Typical tower houses in the <b>Old Town of Sanaa</b> in <b>Yemen</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ye1&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Sabaean inscription on the top slab of the sacred well in the courtyard of the <b>Almaqah Temple of Bar‘an</b>. The temple is considered to be the largest pre-Islamic temple in <b>Yemen</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ye7033&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

<b>Thula</b> sits impressively at the foot of a castle rock in <b>Yemen</b>. Besides Shibam Kaukaban, Thula was the capital of the Yu‘firids (7th/8th century), later, in the 16th century, the refuge of the imams during the first Ottoman conquest. House walls, window frames and doors are artistically decorated. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ye407&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Registan</b> in <b>Samarkand</b> is one of the most magnificent places in <b>Uzbekistan</b> and Central Asia. The Ulugh Beg Madrasa on the left (1417-1420), opposite it, based on the Kosh principle, the Sher Dor Madrasa on the right (1619-1636) and the Tela Kari Madrasa (1646-1660) form an impressive ensemble. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=uz6185&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The Kalan minaret (early 12th century) is the oldest building on <b>Poi Kalan</b> in <b>Bukhara</b> in <b>Uzbekistan</b>. It is said to have been built under the Qarakhanid ruler Arslan Khan. On the right edge of the picture is the Kalan Mosque (completed in 1514), on the left opposite is the Mir Arab Madrasa (completed in 1536/37) and on the south side of the square is the Alim Khan Madrasa (early 20th century). <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=uz7651&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The Kalta Minar ("short minaret"), a conspicuous tower in Ichan Qal‘a, the <b>Old Town of Khiva</b> in <b>Uzbekistan</b>, is an unfinished minaret. The fortress gate to Konya Ark is on the right. The citadel was built in the 17th century under Khan Muhammad Erenke (reigned 1687-1688). <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=z6210&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Taumadhi Square</b> in <b>Bhaktapur</b> in <b>Nepal</b>. The Nyatapola Pagoda is dedicated to the Hindu deity Lakshmi. King Bhupatindra Malla (1696-1722) had the 30 meter high five-story temple built between 1702 and 1708. The neighboring initially one-storey Bhairavnath Temple (right) was extended by two floors around 1718 under the same king. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=np6228&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Dattatraya Temple</b> in <b>Bhaktapur</b> in <b>Nepal</b> was built in 1427 under the rule of Yaksha Mallas (1428-1482) and is dedicated to the three main Hindu deities Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma. It is said to have been built from the trunk of a single tree. In 1458 it was partially renovated by order of King Vishwa Malla (1547-1560). <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=np6224&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Patan Durbar Square</b> is an impressive ensemble of historical buidings at the centre of the city of <b>Lalitpur</b> in <b>Nepal</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=np6229&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Khazne al-Firaun</b> is a mausoleum carved out of the rock by the Nabataeans in the ancient city of <b>Petra</b> in modern-day <b>Jordan</b>. The name means "Pharaoh′s treasury" because that's what the building was called by the Bedouins, who suspected rich treasures in the large urn on the top of the facade. It may have been laid out as a burial place and place of worship for the Nabataean king Aretas IV, who ruled in the 1st century BC. reigned. Recent research suggests that Aretas IV had tombs for his family dug here, while his own tomb may be elsewhere. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=jo2621&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Church of Saint George</b> (Bete Giyorgis) in <b>Lalibela</b>, <b>Ethiopia</b>, was hewn downwards out of the rock. It has been dated to the late 12th or early 13th century AD, and thought to have been constructed during the reign of King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela, of the late Zagwe dynasty. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=et8613&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Great Colonnade</b> in <b>Apamea</b> in <b>Syria</b> stretched almost 2 km, making it one of the longest in the Roman world. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sy9945&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The great <b>temple to the glory of Ramses II</b>. belongs with the small Hathor temple for his wife Nefertari to the 2 rock temples of <b>Abu Simbel</b> in <b>Egypt</b>. They were built in the 13th century BC under Pharaoh Ramses II of the 19th dynasty of the ancient Egyptian New Kingdom. The 21 meter high colossal statues of Ramses with the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt (Pschent) "guard" the entrance to the Great Temple. The distance between the ears of each character is more than 4 meters, the lip line is over one meter. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=eg9502&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

15 Moai stand at the <b>Ahu Tongariki</b> on <b>Easter Island</b>, which today belongs to <b>Chile</b>. It was the center of the Hotu-iti clan, the eastern confederation of the Rapa Nui. The 2nd Moai from the right has a pukao on his head. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=cl9266&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Temple Mount in the Old City of <b>Jerusalem</b> in <b>Israel</b>, with the <b>Dome of the Rock</b> on the left and the <b>Wailing Wall</b>, a part of the western enclosing wall of the plateau of the former Herodian Temple. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=il4507&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Monumental Arch</b> in <b>Palmyra</b> in <b>Syria</b> was built in the 3rd century during the reign of emperor Septimius Severus. Its ruins later became one of the main attractions of Palmyra until it was destroyed by the ISIS in 2015. Most of its stonework still survives and there are plans to rebuild it using anastylosis. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sy6991&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Roman Theater of Bosra</b> in <b>Syria</b> was built in either the second quarter or second half of the second century AD and is made of black basalt. It is likely that the theater was built during the reign of Trajan. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sy6985&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Monastery of Simeon</b> is one of the oldest surviving church complexes, founded in the 5th century. It was constructed on the site of the pillar of Saint Simeon Stylites, a renowned stylite monk and is located in northern <b>Syria</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sy9942&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Bacchus Temple</b> is one of the best preserved sacred buildings in the Roman world. It is located in <b>Baalbek</b> in <b>Lebanon</b> and was probably built in the later 2nd century AD in the Corinthian order as an octastyle peripteros on a Roman podium with a frontal staircase. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=lb8610&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Celsus Library</b> in <b>Ephesus</b> in <b>Turkey</b> was built between 117 and 125 by the family of the suffect consul Iulius Celsus. It was also a memorial and mausoleum for him. How long the library was in operation is unknown. In the 3rd or 4th century at the latest, the building was integrated into a residential building. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=tr23088&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The east terrace with the monumental seated statues of the gods Antiochus, Commagene, Zeos-Oromasdes, Apollon-Mithras-Helios-Hermes and Heracles-Artagnes-Ares and their fallen heads is located at the foot of the highest tumulus in the world on <b>Nemrut Dağı</b>, a mountain in southeastern <b>Turkey</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=tr7567&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Karanlık (Dark) Church</b> is one of the finest frescoed churches within Göreme Open Air Museum in <b>Cappadocia</b> in the <b>Turkiye</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=tr23571&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Horseshoe arches in the prayer hall of the <b>Cathedral Mosque of Cordoba</b> in <b>Spain</b>. The original Great Mosque was built by order of Abd ar-Rahman I in 785 AD when Cordoba was the capital of the Muslim-controlled region of Al-Andalus. It was expanded several times until the end of the 10th century and was converted into a cathedral in 1236, when Córdoba was conquered by the Christian forces of Castile during the Reconquista. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=es21945&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The palace of <b>Knossos</b> was particularly large, rich and magnificent and is the largest Minoan palace on the island of Crete in <b>Greece</b>. It was built between 2100 and 1800 BC on the site of a Neolithic settlement. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=gr7828&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

<b>Bet Alpha</b> is a synagogue in <b>Israel</b> from the 6th century AD with well-preserved mosaics and inscriptions. The mosaic in the nave is divided into 3 parts, the Torah shrine (back), the Zodiac (middle) and the Sacrifice of Isaac (front). <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=il4245&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

2 inscriptions in the <b>St. Stephen’s Basilica</b> in <b>Umm er-Rasas</b> (then Kastron Mefa’a) in modern-day <b>Jordan</b> indicate that the church was built in 718 AD and decorated with the mosaic floor in AD 756. The mosaic tapestry shows an "inhabited" vine, an inner frame with Nilotic scenes and ten Egyptian city vignettes, and an outer frame with city vignettes of the West and East Banks, all inscribed in Greek. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=jo3997&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The ancient city of <b>Beit She'an</b> in Israel is probably one of the oldest cities in <b>Israel</b>. The photo shows the Roman Theater in the foreground, the Palladius Street behind it, and the Tell el-Hösn ("Hill of Strength") in the background. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=il5121&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The magnificent <b>Nymphaeum</b> from the 2nd century is one of the best-preserved buildings in ancient <b>Gerasa</b>, today's Jerash in <b>Jordan</b>. The lower floor was clad in marble, while the upper floor was decorated with frescoes, some of which can still be seen. A semi-dome with a cracked gable spanned a magnificent fountain. In the niches of the facade were statues, some with large vessels from which water spurted into the magnificent fountain. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=jo2616&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The Buddha in the tree, the very famous landmark in the ruins of the Wat Mahathat Temple in <b>Ayutthaya</b> in <b>Thailand</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=th40381&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Great Wall at Jinshanling</b> in <b>China</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=cn26044&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Potala Palace</b> in <b>Lhasa</b> in Tibet, <b>China</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=cn13464&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Northern group of the <b>Jebel Barkal pyramids</b> near Karima in <b>Sudan</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sd12059&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The main gate of <b>Chellah</b> in <b>Rabat</b> in <b>Morocco</b> was completed in 1339 by Abu al-Hasan <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ma34890&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Mausoleums from the <b>Sufi cemetery</b> of <b>Einat</b> in <b>Yemen</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ye8543&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>San Agustin Church</b> in <b>Paoay</b> is one of the most important historical churches in the <b>Philippines</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=ph12483&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Impressive megalithic dolmen of <b>Heerebenkal</b> in the state of Karnataka in <b>India</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=in38008&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Tatev Monastery</b> in <b>Armenia</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=am14592&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Huge ancient <b><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khachkar' target='fyt'> ➔ cross-stones</a></b> <i>(khachkars)</i> at the ancient <b>Noratus cemetery</b> in <b>Armenia</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=am7283&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Noravank Monastery</b> lies impressively and remotely between the mountains in <b>Armenia</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=am7924&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Khor Virap Monastery</b> in <b>Armenia</b> in front of Mount Ararat <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=am7917&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Palindo rock giant</b> is the largest megalithic statue found to date in the <b>Bada Valley</b> on the island of Sulawesi in <b>Indonesia</b>. "Palindo" means "entertainer" and is presumably derived from its cheerful and friendly appearance. These prehistoric stone artworks are believed to have been created between 3000 BC and 1300 AD. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=id36487&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

Megalithic statues at the archaeological site of <b>Pokekea</b> in the <b>Besoa Valley</b> on the island of Sulawesi in <b>Indonesia</b>. The prehistoric stone artworks are believed to have been created between 3000 BC and 1300 AD. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=id36495&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The Hindu <b>Kailasa Temple</b> of <b>Ellora</b> is an impressive rock-cut temple located in the state of Maharashtra in <b>India</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=in8131&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b>Qasr al-Farid</b> (Tomb of Lihyan, son of Kuza) is the largest structure in the rock-cut city of <b>Hegra</b> in the Al Ula region of <b>Saudi Arabia</b>. However, it was never completed. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=sa10250&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The prehistoric <b>Nawamis Tombs</b> on the Sinai Peninsula in <b>Egypt</b> <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=eg9591&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

The <b><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponce_Monolith' target='fyt'> ➔ Ponce Statue</a></b> can be seen through the main gate of the <b>Kalasasaya Temple</b> at the <b>Tiwanaku</b> archaeological site in <b>Bolivia</b>. <a href='https://find-your-trip.com/?t=guide&poi=bo16418&lang=en' target='fyt'><nobr>[ ⭢ map ]</nobr></a>

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