Historical sites

18 photos of the ancient city of Kourion in Cyprus

29 photos of the Jabrin castle in central Oman

18 photos of the UNESCO-listed historic core of Baku

22 photos of Uplistsikhe, an ancient cave city in central Georgia

16 photos of the Jvari monastery, where Christianity was introduced to Georgia in 337

46 photos of Mtskheta, the main religious site in Georgia

24 photos of the petroglyphs in the Qobustan national park

24 photos of the Pula Arena, a very well preserved Roman amphitheatre

46 photos of Baalbek, a city in the Bekaa valley with a Roman temple complex

40 photos of Byblos, a picturesque coastal city in Lebanon with 7000 years of history

14 photos of the Yeddi Gumbaz mausoleum, a cemetery on a hill close to Shamakhi

35 photos of Anjar in the Bekaa valley, with its impressive Umayyad era ruins

27 photos of Pekan, a royal city in the Pahang state of Malaysia

12 photos of the Albanian church of Kish, a 12th century church converted to a museum

15 photos of the Ananuri fortress on the Aragvi river in Georgia

17 photos of the Bujang valley, a historical site in southern Kedah dating back to the Hindu-Buddhist period