A little-known park with unusual, half-ruined structures and a mystical energy.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.

A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

This gem is often wrongly overshadowed by the larger, newer Metropolis church in Athens.

A crushed gate and giant bronze head serve as a reminder of Greece's fight for freedom.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.