🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Dalisandus in Pamphylia
Dalisandus or Dalisandos (Ancient Greek: Δαλισανδός) was an ancient city and bishopric in eastern Pamphylia, in Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian Turkey) and remains a Latin titular see.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Apollonia–Arsuf
Apollonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλωνία; Hebrew: אפולוניה), known in the Early Islamic period as Arsuf (Arabic: أرْسُوف, romanized: Arsūf) and in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as Arsur, was an…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Anbar (town)
Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار, romanized: al-Anbār, Syriac: ܐܢܒܐܪ, romanized: Anbar) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Ancient city
Beirut
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025, Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Busaira, Jordan
Busaira (Arabic: بُصَيْرا, romanized: buṣayrā; also Busayra, Busairah or Buseirah) is a town in Tafilah Governorate, Jordan, located between the towns of Tafilah (Tophel) and Shoubak and closer to…
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Capernaum
Capernaum ( kə-PUR-nay-əm, -nee-əm; Hebrew: כְּפַר נַחוּם, romanized: Kfar Naḥum, lit. 'Nahum's village'; Arabic: كَفْرْ نَاحُومْ, romanized: Kafr Nāḥūm) was a fishing village established during the…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Ecbatana
Ecbatana () was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Hippos (Golan Heights)
Hippos (Ancient Greek: Ἵππος, lit. 'Horse') or Sussita (Aramaic, Hebrew: סוסיתא) is an ancient city and archaeological site located on a hill 2 km east of the Sea of Galilee, attached by a…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Autokane
Autokane (Ancient Greek: Αὐτοκάνη) or Autokana (Αὐτοκάνα) was an ancient Greek city of Aeolis located on a mountain of the same name in Asia Minor.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Corycus (Ionia)
Corycus or Korykos (Ancient Greek: Κώρυκος) was a town in ancient Ionia, near a mountain of the same name.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Ancient city
Daepyeong
Daepyeong is a complex prehistoric archaeological site located in the Nam River valley near Jinju in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Konye-Urgench (Kunya-Urgench)
Achaemenid 5th c BCE → Khwarezmshahs 11th–13th c CE → Golden Horde · Khwarezmian → Seljuk → Khwarezmshahs → Mongol
Konye-Urgench — capital of Khwarezm (Achaemenid–Golden Horde, 5th c BCE–17th c CE) 35 km south Uzbekistan border, excavated 1930s Tolstov and 1990s Berlin.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Ancient city
Karpasia (town)
Karpasia (Ancient Greek: Καρπάσεια and Καρπασία), Latinized as Carpasia, and also known as Karpasion (sometimes mistaken for Karpathos), was an ancient town in Cyprus, situated on the northern shore…
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Afrasiab (Ancient Samarkand)
Sogdian 7th c BCE → Samanid 9th–10th c → Mongol 1220 CE · Sogdian Maracanda → Sasanian → Samanid Samarkand
Afrasiab — ancient Samarkand / Maracanda (7th c BCE–1220 CE) 3 km north Registan, excavated 1874–present by Vyatkin, Shishkina, Grenet.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Ancient city
Samarkand — Afrasiab Palace Fresco Hall North
Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban
Samarkand — Afrasiab Palace Fresco Hall North in Samarkand, Afrasiab, Uzbekistan is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to …