🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Socotra Governorate
Yemeni governorate that makes up the Socotra Archipelago in the Guardafui Channel
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
As-Salam Palace
As-Salam Palace (Arabic: قصر السلام, lit. 'Peace Palace') is a palace located on Al-Kindi Street in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khan Mirjan
The Khan Mirjan (Arabic: خان مرجان) is a building in the souk of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai,…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Abu Salabikh
The archaeological site of Abu Salabikh (Tell Abū Ṣalābīkh), around 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the site of ancient Nippur and about 150 kilometers southeast of the modern city of Baghdad in…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works
Nahrwan Canal — Sasanian Flood Canal of Ctesiphon (Nahrawan)
Sasanian to Early Abbasid (550–937 CE) · Sasanian Persian (Khosrow I) with Islamic early maintenance
6th-c. Sasanian 120-km 30-m flood-canal protecting Ctesiphon, intake at Dur-Kurigalzu 240-m regulator, 30k ha Diyala.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Anbar (town)
Anbar (Arabic: الأنبار, romanized: al-Anbār, Syriac: ܐܢܒܐܪ, romanized: Anbar) was an ancient and medieval town in central Iraq.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Adab (city)
Adab (Sumerian: 𒌓𒉣𒆠 Adabki, spelled UD.NUNKI) was an ancient Sumerian city between Girsu and Nippur, lying about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the latter.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Al-Abbasiyya
Al-Abbasiyya (Arabic: العباسية, romanized: al-Abbāsiyya, lit. 'the Abbasid place'), also known as Qasr al-Aghaliba (قصور الأغالبة, 'the Aghlabid palaces') and al-Qasr al-Qadim (القصر القديم, 'the old…