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Mud-brick houses

Al Ula, Saudi Arabia

Al 'Ula

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

Moses with tablets of the Ten Commandments, painting by Rembrandt, 1659. (Wikimedia Commons)

Saudi Arabia

Mount Horeb

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

Byblos Archaeological Site.

Jbeil, Lebanon

Byblos Archaeological Site

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.

"Stone of the Pregnant Woman" from a distance

Baalbek, Lebanon

Baalbek Trilithon

The largest hewn stone in history.

 Al Ba’sa, or The Grudge, Beirut's thinnest building.

Beirut, Lebanon

The Grudge (Al Ba’sa)

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

Omar Khayyam Mausoleum

Neyshabur, Iran

Omar Khayyam Mausoleum

The beautifully designed resting place of Iran's national poet is a masterpiece of modern Persian architecture.

Spring inside the temple

Iran

Pir-e-Sabz Fire Temple (Chak Chak)

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

Greek Ship

Kish, Iran

Greek Ship

This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.

The carpet section of the bazaar.

Tabriz, Iran

Grand Bazaar of Tabriz

The largest covered bazaar in the world.

Tashkooh Burning Hill

Ramhormoz, Iran

Tashkooh Burning Hill

Leaking natural gas never stops burning on this hill, making it an infinite inferno.

Mineral deposits paint these mountains with swaths of red and gold.

Tabriz, Iran

Painted Mountains of Tabriz

Colorful mineral deposits turn these mountains into an Impressionist fantasy.

Chinese Dragon, Mihrab, and cave.

Viyar, Iran

Dashkasan Dragon Temple

Two Chinese dragons guard the caves of this medieval temple in Iran.

Lush green hills in the background of a phallic headstone

Iran

Khalid Nabi Cemetery

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

Khaju Bridge.

Isfahan, Iran

Khaju Bridge

This 17th-century structure is a beautiful testimony to traditional Persian architecture

Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System

Shooshtar, Iran

Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

Inside the tunnels of Kariz-e-Kish.

Kish, Iran

Kariz-e-Kish

Hydraulic systems in an ancient underground Iranian city.

Pigeon Towers of Iran

Isfahan, Iran

Pigeon Towers of Iran

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

Eram Garden

Shiraz, Iran

Eram Garden

Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.

Lake Urmia as a result of water loss and increased salinity

East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

Lake Urmia

This lake in northwest Iran has started turning from green to red more frequently than scientists are comfortable with.

Tomb of Cyrus

Iran

Tomb of Cyrus

This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.

Mountains of Hormuz Island

Hormuz, Iran

Hormuz Island

The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.

Early evening in Lut desert

Kerman, Iran

Lut Desert (Dasht-e Lut)

The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.

Ancient windmills in Nashtifan village.

Nashtifan, Iran

Nashtifan Windmills

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

Andromeda galaxy over Radkan Tower.

Iran

Radkan Tower

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

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