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Visiting the vibrant and colorful city of Lisbon, on the banks of the river Tagus and the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, what is most showcased is one episode of the city's and country's glorious past: Lisbon as the capital of the Portuguese...

Ruins of Ammaedara, photograph by Carole Raddato, Haïdra, Tunisia, 05 October, 2024. Ammaedara, located in Haïdra in modern-day Tunisia, is an important Roman settlement and one of the oldest Roman cities in Africa. It served as a significant...

Ruins of Jamestown, 1676. Illustration from page 45 of A School History of the United States, from the Discovery of America to the Year 1878 by David B. Scott, New York, Harper & brothers, 1879 CE. The engraving depicts the ruins of Jamestown...

Located along the slopes of Mount Aragats in Armenia's Aragatsotn province are the ruins of 7th-century CE Amberd Fortress, the 11th-century CE Vahramashen Church, and the ruins of a 13th-century CE bathhouse and cistern stand.

The ruins of the temple complex of the city of Ur in modern-day Southern Iraq, with the Great Ziggurat of Ur in the background. The temple complex was where the poet priestess Enheduanna (circa 2300 BCE) would have worked and written her...

A photo of the ruins of Persepolis.

These are the ruins of the so-called "North Palace" of Nebuchadnezzar II at the ancient city of Babylon. Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 6th century BCE.

Ruins of the Nalanda University complex, an ancient Buddhist center of learning, located in modern-day Bihar, India. The university flourished under the reign of Harshavardhana (606-647 CE) and had c. 10,000 students.

Ruins of an indigo factory at Mongalganj, near Bangaon in West Bengal, India. Indigo was an important cash crop for the East India Company and during the British Raj.

The so-called "tongue tower" at the top of the ruins of the ziggurat and temple of Nabu, at the ancient city of Borsippa, built in the 6th century BCE. Biris Namrud, Babil Governorate, Iraq.