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The ruins of this ancient city include obelisks, stone pillars, royal tombs and castles.
The kingdom, at the crossroads of Africa, Arabia and the Greco-Roman world, once was the most powerful state between Persia and the…
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The Carthaginians founded this site as a trading post, and it was permanently settled in the fourth century B.C.
After the fall of Carthage, the city came under Roman rule. Baths, temples and fountains remain from this time.…
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This 19.5 hectare reserve is a palm forest that is mostly unchanged since prehistoric times.
The area has the world’s largest number of coco de mer palm trees, which bear the largest seed in the plant kingdom.
The area…
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The national park that surrounds this formation includes Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
It is on the northern end of the Cape Fold Mountain range.
It has a 3-kilometer plateau on top.
Legend says that the…
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This was the residence of emperors in the 16th and 17th centuries.
The city is surrounded by a wall that is 900 meters long.
The complex contains palaces, churches, monasteries, and other buildings marked by Hindu and Arab…
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The Portuguese built this structure from 1593 to 1596.
It sits on the edge of a coral ridge.
The structure marks Western civilization’s first successful attempt to rule Indian Ocean trade routes.
Between 1631 and 1895,…