City
7 buildings
Petra
Carved directly into rose-red sandstone cliffs. The Nabataeans engineered a sophisticated ...
Pompeii
Preserved under 13 to 20 feet of volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius. Over 2.5 million visito...
Teotihuacan
The Avenue of the Dead is 2.4 miles long. The Pyramid of the Sun is 216 feet tall. Over 10...
Angkor Thom
The last capital of the Khmer Empire. The South Gate features 54 gods and 54 demons pullin...
Pyramids of Teotihuacan detail
See Teotihuacan main entry....
Ephesus
The Library of Celsus held 12,000 scrolls. The Great Theater seated 25,000. The Temple of ...
Mohenjo-daro
One of the largest ancient Indus Valley cities. Over 4,500 years old. Had the first known ...