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

The largest hewn stone in history.

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

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.

Wander among the ghostly ruins of an island where civilization flourished for thousands of years.

A private collection of over 30,000 ancient and modern items showcasing the beauty of Islamic calligraphy.

The site of a bloody showdown between invading Iraqi forces and a cell of the popular resistance in Kuwait.

This road earned its macabre nickname after hundreds of Iraqi troops died along it in 1991.

Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

This cascade of mineral-rich hot springs and waterfalls is an oasis in the Jordanian desert.

An oasis of shade and color amidst the bustle of the old city.

The oldest Christian monastery in Iraq until ISIS blew it up twice and then drove over it with bulldozers.

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

A giant bisected onion dome remembers the Iraqis who died in the Iran-Iraq War.

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

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

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

The sacred shrine of the Yazidis.