Places evansjennifer Wants to Go

A mysterious ancient cemetery with Roman sarcophagi and Lycian inscriptions.

The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.

While not Turkey's deepest underground city, this subterranean redoubt is the largest.

A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.

This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.