Places ege Wants to Go

The oldest known standing wooden building in the world is a chamber inside a burial mound.

A little-known caravanserai hidden among farmhouses in the Turkish countryside.

At this ancient settlement at the foot of Mount Babadağ, honeycomb tombs are carved into a round cliff.

This ancient city—home to nine civilizations—is soon to be buried under 200 feet of water.

The site where the summer solstice helped ancient Greeks sync the lunar and solar calendars.

This century-old, family-run bakery specializes in loukoumades, a Greek doughnut once served to ancient Olympians.

These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

The legendary fortress of a female Kurdish warrior leader.

Qshla Koya is an Ottoman fortress located on a hillock in the central quarter of Koya.

An ancient sanctuary that has long been a holy site for the Chaldean Christian Church.

This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.

Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.

Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.

Ancient rock-hewn town that witnessed key events of Georgian history.

Underground monastery and fortress.

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

A bloody history is captured in this former prison turned museum.

The surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct that may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

This ancient stone bridge is a hub for daredevils.

An ancient fortified mound raised over the millennia from settlements built one on top of the other.

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.

Ancient rock-cut tomb? Definitely. That of a great Median king? Unlikely.