Historical sites

11 photos of the Temple of the Oracle, a 6th century BC temple in Siwa oasis

31 photos of the Alhambra palace and citadel in Granada, one of major tourist attractions in Spain

6 photos of the Generalife, the country estate of the Nasrid kings near Granada

13 photos of the deserted village of Kharanaq, with the ruins of a mud brick castle and other sights

18 photos of the pictoresque village of Abyaneh, with its red mud brick houses

20 photos of the historic mud brick city of Meybod, located 52km north of Yazd

16 photos of the German World War II memorial in El Alamein

18 photos of the El Alamein Italian World War II memorial

40 photos of El Alamein with the World War II memorials

16 photos of Memphis, the ancient capital of Egypt during the pharaonic time

48 photos of the mighty temple of Luxor, built by Amenhotep III and Ramses II on the east bank of the Nile river

30 photos of the Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara, famous for the step pyramid of Djoser

64 photos of the pyramids in Giza and Saqqara

104 photos of the city of Dresden on the Elbe river with its beautiful historic core

104 photos of Krakow, the ancient capital of Poland on the Vistula river