Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

These 4,000-year-old tombs form a surreal landscape.

This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.

Is this amazing tableau depicting Gilgamesh and Enki 4,000 years old?

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

This remnant of an ancient Persian city is considered to be the world's largest single-span brick vault arch.

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.

The home of Iraq's former prime minister now houses historical manuscripts.

A surreal monument depicting a five-armed giant supporting a toppling cylinder seal.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

When construction began on this hotel, developers were surprised to find the ruins of an ancient civilization.

The ruins of an ancient fortification wall sit in front of and underneath this boutique hotel.

The ruins of an ancient mansion sits in front of and underneath a contemporary art gallery.

A former military hospital is now used to study and preserve artifacts of the Acropolis.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.

One of the greatest collections of coins in the world is housed in the former mansion of an archeological pioneer.

This building displays the scars of the “Dekemvriana,” a dark time in modern Greek history.