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Ancient cities11 Archaeological wonders9 Buried cities3 Temple complexes3 Port cities2

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🇹🇳Tunisia4 🇮🇱Israel3 🇯🇴Jordan3 🇪🇬Egypt2 🇹🇷Turkey2

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🇹🇷 Turkey

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex

Hagia Sophia

Late Antiquity / Byzantine 532–537 CE, Ottoman additions 1453– · Byzantine Greek to Ottoman Islamic

Justinian's 537 CE dome on pendentives – seminal Byzantine basilica-monsoon turned mosque.

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🇹🇷 Turkey · Underground city

Derinkuyu Underground City

Byzantine (with Hittite/Phrygian antecedents debated) · Byzantine Cappadocian / earlier Phrygian/Hittite use

Deepest excavated underground city in Cappadocia, connected to Kaymaklı and 200+ subterranean complexes via 8 km tunnel. Rolling stone doors 500 kg, ventilation shafts, chapels, wineries.