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Built in 2500 BCE, the site of Mohenjo-Daro, in Pakistan, was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major cities, contemporaneous with the civilisations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoan Crete, and Norte Chico

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Built in 2500 BCE, the site of Mohenjo-Daro, in Pakistan, was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major cities, contemporaneous with the civilisations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Minoan Crete, and Norte Chico

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The Amman Citadel, in Jordan, is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited places, with evidence of settlement dating back to the Neolithic period . The major remains at the site are the Temple of Hercules, a Byzantine church, and the Umayyad Palace

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The Amman Citadel, in Jordan, is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited places, with evidence of settlement dating back to the Neolithic period . The major remains at the site are the Temple of Hercules, a Byzantine church, and the Umayyad Palace

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This gold bracelet of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq IIa is crafted in two hinged sections, and set at its center with a lapis lazuli Mesopotamian cylinder seal dating to the Akkadian Empire . Now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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This gold bracelet of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq IIa is crafted in two hinged sections, and set at its center with a lapis lazuli Mesopotamian cylinder seal dating to the Akkadian Empire . Now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

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The Dancing Girl is a famous bronze statue from the Indus Valley Civilization , discovered in Mohenjo-Daro.

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The Dancing Girl is a famous bronze statue from the Indus Valley Civilization , discovered in Mohenjo-Daro.

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Stone weights. Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilization, 2500-2000 BC

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Stone weights. Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilization, 2500-2000 BC

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Indus Valley Civilization Decorated Clay sculpture of a zebu bull | 3000-2000 BCE |Ancient Pakistan

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Indus Valley Civilization Decorated Clay sculpture of a zebu bull | 3000-2000 BCE |Ancient Pakistan

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Miniature cart and driver. Indus Valley civilization, Chanhu Daro, Sindh, Pakistan, ca. 3000-2500 BC. Terracotta. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Miniature cart and driver. Indus Valley civilization, Chanhu Daro, Sindh, Pakistan, ca. 3000-2500 BC. Terracotta. Brooklyn Museum collection

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Then and Now: Chogha Zanbil is a ancient Elamite city built around 1250 BC in Khuzestan Province of Iran. Considered to be the best preserved example of an stepped pyramidal monument, it was the first Iranian site inscribed on the World Heritage List nearly half a century ago.

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Then and Now: Chogha Zanbil is a ancient Elamite city built around 1250 BC in Khuzestan Province of Iran. Considered to be the best preserved example of an stepped pyramidal monument, it was the first Iranian site inscribed on the World Heritage List nearly half a century ago.

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Ancient Akkadian Obelisk: The Maništūšu Stele — A 4,200-year-old black basalt monument from Mesopotamia, covered in cuneiform inscriptions recording royal land grants by King Maništūšu, son of Sargon of Akkad. One of the earliest detailed records of property ownership.

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Ancient Akkadian Obelisk: The Maništūšu Stele — A 4,200-year-old black basalt monument from Mesopotamia, covered in cuneiform inscriptions recording royal land grants by King Maništūšu, son of Sargon of Akkad. One of the earliest detailed records of property ownership.

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The unique circular ritual monument at Sungai Batu, in Malaysia, an ancient city from a prehistoric Malaysian civilisation that may date back to as early as 788 BCE, which would make it one of the oldest in Southeast Asia

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The unique circular ritual monument at Sungai Batu, in Malaysia, an ancient city from a prehistoric Malaysian civilisation that may date back to as early as 788 BCE, which would make it one of the oldest in Southeast Asia

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Lapis-lazuli bull's head, probably Mesopotamian in origin, set into a gold mount of Egyptian workmanship, from the 3rd Intermediate Period , with floral decoration. From Dahshur in Egypt, now housed at the British Museum

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Lapis-lazuli bull's head, probably Mesopotamian in origin, set into a gold mount of Egyptian workmanship, from the 3rd Intermediate Period , with floral decoration. From Dahshur in Egypt, now housed at the British Museum

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The Code of Hammurabi, a 2.25-meter basalt stele inscribed with one of the world's earliest legal codes, Babylon, c. 1750 BCE

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The Code of Hammurabi, a 2.25-meter basalt stele inscribed with one of the world's earliest legal codes, Babylon, c. 1750 BCE

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An inscribed chalcedony ear-lobe weight from Mergargh in Pakistan, Indus Valley, c. 3000 BCE, Size: 42 cm high, 5.9 cm diameter. Now part of the collection of Oliver Hoare Ltd

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An inscribed chalcedony ear-lobe weight from Mergargh in Pakistan, Indus Valley, c. 3000 BCE, Size: 42 cm high, 5.9 cm diameter. Now part of the collection of Oliver Hoare Ltd

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Hidden deep within the ochre cliffs of the Valley of the Kings, lies one of Ancient Egypt’s most breathtaking royal sepulchres: the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, who reigned during the 19th Dynasty around 1290–1279 BCE

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Hidden deep within the ochre cliffs of the Valley of the Kings, lies one of Ancient Egypt’s most breathtaking royal sepulchres: the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I, who reigned during the 19th Dynasty around 1290–1279 BCE

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