Arsi, Ethiopia
Tiya Stelae
Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.
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Arsi, Ethiopia
Ethiopian standing stones featuring remarkably preserved carvings of swords and people.
Ethiopia
An ancient Ethiopian cave church is endangered by the simple building of a road.
Tallinn, Estonia
A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.
Tallinn, Estonia
A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.
Tallinn, Estonia
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Tallinn, Estonia
This free museum is building a collection of books that are banned, censored or burnt around the world.
Haapsalu, Estonia
Explore 150 years of Estonian rail history in a terminal once built for Tsar Nicholas II.
Antiguo Cuscatlán, El Salvador
Iguanas roam in a lagoon inside a volcanic crater that erupted more than 2200 years ago.
Aguilares, El Salvador
A major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador.
El Salvador
This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.
San Salvador, El Salvador
Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.
Egypt
The wreck of a World War II cargo ship has become an unintentional time capsule at the bottom of the Red Sea.
Alexandria, Egypt
This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.
Alexandria, Egypt
This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Badrshein, Egypt
The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.
Alexandria, Egypt
Hidden away in a back alley, this Art Nouveau cafe has been in business since 1882.
Alexandria, Egypt
The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.
Luxor, Egypt
The ancient village known as Set Maat, or the 'Place of Truth,' located on this site served as a hub for intellectual and artistic endeavors.
Alexandria, Egypt
Underneath the Serapeum ruins lies a dark passage with nooks for books, the lesser-known “sister” to the famous ancient library.
Sohag, Egypt
An early Christian basilica modeled after an Egyptian temple showcases some the best-preserved frescos from late antiquity.
Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt
Former home of a village butcher who became a globally renowned artist.
Faiyum, Egypt
The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.
Badrshein, Egypt
Modest but unique pyramid built for a pharaoh has been reduced to a “heap of stone.”
Cairo, Egypt
Nobody knows what this saucer-like ancient Egyptian object was for.