In the deserts of southern Iraq rise the ruins of Ur, one of the oldest cities in the world and a great capital of the Sumerians, the people who invented
On a high plain in southern Iran stands a simple, dignified stone tomb, its stepped base rising to a small gabled chamber. This is the tomb of Cyrus the Great,
On a great stone terrace in the highlands of southern Iran stand the ruins of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the mighty Persian Empire. Its soaring columns, monumental gateways and
Near the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey lie the extensive ruins of Perge, one of the great cities of ancient Pamphylia. With its distinctive round-towered gate, its long colonnaded streets,
Near the southern coast of Turkey stands what many consider the best-preserved Roman theatre in the world. The theatre of Aspendos, built in the second century AD, survives so complete,