Historical sites

43 photos of the Desert castles in Jordan, a series of 7th century palaces and fortresses east of Amman

13 photos of Qasr Harraneh, a desert castle lying 60km southeast of Amman

21 photos of the Qusayr Amra palace, one of the desert castles in Jordan and a UNESCO world heritage site

9 photos of Qasr Hallabat, a desert castle built on a former Roman fortress

13 photos of Madaba, a city to the south of Amman, where the Church of the Map is located

15 photos of Mt Nebo, the site where according to the Bible Moses was shown the promised land

93 photos of Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Achaemenid (Persian) empire

20 photos of Naqsh-e Rostam, the burial site of Persian emperors near Persepolis

40 photos of the Royal Palace of El Escorial in Spain

24 photos of the Mezquita in Cordoba, a former Moorish mosque, converted to a Christian cathedral

17 photos of the citadel of Karim Khan in central Shiraz

16 photos of the tomb of Hafez in Shiraz, one of the most significant Iranian poets

23 photos of Delos, a Greek island of the Cyclades group and one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece

14 photos of The Mountain of the Dead, a hill in Siwa oasis with many Ptolemaic and Roman period tombs

9 photos of the Shali, a former mud brick fortress in the centre of Siwa oasis

9 photos of the ruins of the temple of Amun in Siwa oasis