This ancient city is located in Turkey which is used by Christians to the fifth century to hide from Romans and Arabs who seemed to make a habit of heading over their way looking for a fight.
Millions of years ago the three volcanoes covered a lot of country in ash. The ash managed to pack down to fairly solid ground but where it was covering basalt rock it eroded a lot faster than the rock and formed what the locals now call Fairy Chimneys. They managed to build whole cities underground that housed 200 000 people for long periods of time.
2. Babylon
These ruins used to be a city which is famous for the beautiful Hanging Gardens, the Code of Hammurabi, and had become the cultural centers in Mesopotamia.The original name of this town is "Bab-ILI" which means "Gateway of the gods". But in 1983, Saddam Hussein started rebuilding the city on top of the old ruins because of the artifacts and historical things may well be under the city by now.
3. Machu Picchu
The symbol of Inca Eempire. Built in the years around 1450, but abandoned a hundred years later, when the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire and this site re-discovered in 1911. The main building is Intihuatana, Temple of the Sun, and Three Window Room. These places are referred to as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu.
4. Tikal
Tikal is the largest archaeological site in the world at the same time urban centers in the middle of Pre-Columbian Mayan culture. Tikal located in archaeological areas in the incompetent Basin, Northern Guatemala. This site is part of the Tikal National Park and under the protection of Unesco. Tikal was the capital of a conquest state that became one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. The name Tikal derived from ti ak'al in Yucatec Maya language.
5. Chichén Itzá
The greatest archaeological sites of pre-Columbian era, built The Mayans. But they occupied only during the 200 years, then they move to coastal areas in Campeche. Chichen Itza was built in the northern peninsula of Yucatan, Mexico. This region is the main focal point in the Classical Age. Chichen Itza was built with various styles of architecture are considered to be the result of acculturation of the various cultures that exist in the area.
6. Palmyra
Palmyra (Arabic: تدمر Tadmur) was an ancient Aramaic city. In ancient times it was an important city of central Syria, often described as the "Bride Of The Desert." There were inscriptions of Queen Zenobia.
7. Parthenon
The temple of the goddess Athena, built in the 5th century in Acropolis. This building is the most important buildings which had survived in the Classical Greek period, and is regarded as the pinnacle of cultural development of Classical Greece.
8. Palenque
Palenque ruins are one of the most important Mayan archaeological sites in Mexico and Central America. The town is built on a cliff with wonderful views of the Gulf of Mexico, Palenque as if hidden in a tropical forest in the foothills Tumbala, Chiapas, Mexico. Although the analysis of pottery pieces that have inhabited the area began around 100 BC, but the remaining buildings mostly built in the 6th to 10th century AD. Lord of the largest in the city is Pacal, who ruled the year 603 AD, and making various innovative buildings that survive even more than that Pacal innings the 68-year range. One of the remarkable buildings is the Palace, both walls and ceiling of the palace is filled with carvings depicting the ceremony and various activities of rulers and the gods, so that we can think how the life-rhythm of the Mayas of the era. Until now only 34 of 500 possible buildings that successfully Excavated from soil deposits.
9. Ayutthaya
At the peak of its glory, Ayutthaya was capital, which controls much of the kingdom. According to historians, the development of Ayutthaya, even exceeding the various capitals in Europe. The city is so prosperous to Burma (now Myanmar), the town was burned and looted by the neighboring kingdom. While living debris, the city is still very beautiful.
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