Visit Babylon

Parthian desert city whose temples fused Greek, Roman and eastern styles.

Xi'an's buried army of clay warriors.

Ancient city of the Sun and Moon pyramids.

One of the oldest continuously inhabited sites.

Ninth-century mosque with the spiralling Malwiya minaret.

Stand among the cloud-wrapped ruins of Machu Picchu, the 15th-century Inca citadel perched high above Peru's Sacred Valley

The "museum without walls": grassy royal burial mounds, the Cheomseongdae observatory and Silla-dynasty treasures across the town.

Ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire.