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🏛️ Heliopolis-Beirut

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Lebanon

Heliopolis-Beirut is an extensive Roman religious complex dedicated to Jupiter Heliopolitanus, a syncretic deity combining Jupiter and the local sun g…

🏛️ Ptolemais-Tyre

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Israel

Ptolemais-Tyre was a significant harbor city in the eastern Mediterranean, serving as a major commercial and administrative hub under Hellenistic and …

🏯 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor: Toksankoriz Irrigation System

Lifestyles & Culture Tajikistan

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🏛️ Colonia Archelais-Tyana

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Colonia Archelais-Tyana was a planned Roman colonial settlement established in central Anatolia during the reign of Augustus. The site functioned as a…

🗻 Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration

Beaches & Water Japan

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🏛️ Nicomedia-Prusias ad Hypium

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Nicomedia was established by Nicomedes I of Bithynia around 264 BCE and became one of the most significant cities in northwestern Anatolia. Under Roma…

🙏 Khmer Water Blessing

Lifestyles & Culture Cambodia

Khmer water blessings represent a longstanding ritual practice within Cambodian Buddhist culture, performed at an ancient pagoda in the rural landscap…

🏛️ Ptolemais-Sepphoris

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Israel

Ptolemais-Sepphoris was a major urban center in Roman Palestine, strategically positioned in Lower Galilee. The city experienced significant growth un…

🏛️ Apameia Kelainai-Synnada

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Apameia Kelainai-Synnada was a substantial Roman city positioned on a caravan route in central Anatolia, modern-day Turkey. Founded as a Hellenistic s…

🏛️ Thelseae-Palmyra

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Syria

Thelseae-Palmyra represents a secondary Roman settlement within the broader Palmyrene region of central Syria. The site reflects the Roman Empire's ad…

🏛️ Comana Pontica-Nicopolis

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Comana Pontica-Nicopolis was a religious and administrative center in the ancient kingdom of Pontus, located in what is now north-central Türkiye. The…

🏛️ Ephesos-Magnesia

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Ephesos-Magnesia represents a secondary urban center within the greater Ephesus metropolitan region during the Roman Imperial period. The site occupie…

🏛️ Tyana-Caesarea Mazaka

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Tyana-Caesarea Mazaka was a major urban centre in ancient Cappadocia, located on the eastern plateau of central Anatolia. The city rose to prominence …

🏺 Dilmun Burial Mounds

Archaeology & Antiquity Bahrain

Royal Mound 10, part of the Dilmun Burial Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bahrain, is distinguished by its exceptional size and unique architec…

🏛️ Ephesus-Magnesia

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Ephesus-Magnesia is a Roman city site in western Turkey that functioned as a major port and administrative center during the Imperial period. The sett…

🛤️ Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor

Roads, Bridges, Trails & Transportation Kyrgyzstan

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🦪 Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy

Lifestyles & Culture Bahrain

The Siyadi Majlis, situated within the heart of Muharraq, Bahrain, is an integral component of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Pearling, Testimon…

🏛️ Scythopolis-Archelais

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Israel

Scythopolis-Archelais represents one of the Levant's most significant urban archaeological sites, with settlement layers spanning over two millennia. …

🏛️ Magnesian Gate to Magnesia

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

The Magnesian Gate is an ancient Roman fortification structure situated near the archaeological site of Ephesus in western Turkey. Dating to the 1st c…

🏛️ Tusi Sites

Archaeology & Antiquity China

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

🏛️ Nicaea-Juliopolis

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Nicaea-Juliopolis was a significant Hellenistic and Roman settlement on the eastern shore of Lake Iznik (Ascania). The city served as a regional admin…

🏛️ Tlos-Telmessos

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Tlos-Telmessos represents two historically significant settlements that developed in close proximity in ancient Lycia, now southwestern Turkey. Telmes…

🏛️ Ephesus-Sardis

Archaeology - Ancient Rome Türkiye

Ephesus and Sardis represent two of Asia Minor's most significant urban centers under Roman rule. Ephesus, a port city that served as capital of the R…

🏯 Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Archaeology & Antiquity Japan

UNESCO World Heritage Site…

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