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Marseille, France

Le Jardin des Vestiges

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations

Marseille, France

Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

Monument Arthur Rimbaud

Marseille, France

Monument Arthur Rimbaud

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

Sherman Tank of Marseille’s Liberation (Jeanne d’Arc)

Marseille, France

Sherman Tank of Marseille’s Liberation (Jeanne d’Arc)

A surprising relic of WWII, sitting boldly in a Marseille street.

ex-voto of ships in Notre-Dame de la Garde

Marseille, France

Notre-Dame de la Garde's Nautical Ex-Voto

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

The pyramid of Neferhetepes

Badrshein, Egypt

Pyramid of Userkaf

Modest but unique pyramid built for a pharaoh has been reduced to a “heap of stone.”

Ancient hieratic graffiti at the Step Pyramid complex

Badrshein, Egypt

South Pavilion Graffiti

The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.

The Djoser Pyramid (4,700 years old) and a camel (age unknown).

Badrshein, Egypt

Pyramid of Djoser

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

The Tomb of Ni-Ankh-Khnum and Khnum-Hotep

Badrshein, Egypt

The Tomb of Ni-Ankh-Khnum and Khnum-Hotep

In 2400 BC, two male hairstylists decided to spend eternity together. But maybe they were just friends?

Myrrh tree purportedly brought from Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt.

Luxor, Egypt

Hatshepsut's Myrrh Tree

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

The Colossi of Memnon, battered by time and accidental Roman damage.

Luxor, Egypt

Colossi of Memnon

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

The Cairo Citadel, 2007.

Cairo, Egypt

Citadel of Saladin

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Cairo's City of the Dead

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo's City of the Dead

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

Original letter of Abraham, the son of Maimonides found in the Cairo genizah.

Cairo, Egypt

The Cairo Genizah

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

The Hanging Church.

Cairo, Egypt

The Hanging Church

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

Plaque on George Boole house

Cork, Ireland

Boole House

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.

St. Anne's with two of its four clocks visible.

Cork, Ireland

The Four-Faced Liar

On the clock tower at St. Anne's Church in Cork, you never know which face is telling the truth.

Snoopy

Monacnappa, Ireland

Blarney Castle Horse Graveyard

Horse cemetery on the grounds of Blarney Castle.

Fishery Watchtower Museum

Galway City, Ireland

Fishery Watchtower Museum

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

Spanish Arch

Galway, Ireland

Spanish Arch

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

The Burren

Corofin, Ireland

The Burren

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

Doolin Cave

Clare, Ireland

Doolin Cave

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

Fungie the Dingle Dolphin

Dingle, Ireland

Fungie the Dingle Dolphin

A monument to a beloved aquatic folk hero in the Irish town of Dingle.

St. Audoen's Gate.

Dublin, Ireland

Saint Audoen’s Gate

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

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