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Rabat- Once again, Morocco’s Volubilis is making a prominent appearance on media rundowns of top tourist sites and ruins, as it ranked with famous sites like Angkor Wat, Pompeii, and Petra.
UK publication The Telegraph included the partially excavated Roman monument Volubilis in their recent “World’s Best Ruins” list. According to the Telegraph, they compiled the list to coincide with the opening of the new “Ruin Lust” exhibition at the Tate Britain.
Though the list is not a formal ranking, Volubilis appears sixth.
According to Telegraph travel writers Joanna Symons and Lizzie Porter, Volubilis was nominated among world’s best ruins “for its amazing setting. It represents the farthest west that the Roman Empire reached.”
The same source added that the Roman remains of Volubilis in Morocco are among the best-preserved relics of the once-mighty empire, and the lack of crowds adds to the experience.
Volubilis was a regional capital at the frontier of the Roman Empire and at its height in the third century, it had 20,000 residents.
The other sites listed by the Telegraph are Persepolis, Iran, Pompeii, Italy, Palmyra, Syria, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Hadrian’s Wall in the UK, Chichen Itza in Mexico, Borobudur, Indonesia, Timgad, Algeria, Newgrange, Ireland, Bagan in Myanmar, Baalbek, Lebanon, Lindisfarne Abbey in England, and Petra, Jordan.
The Telegraph also mentions Kuelap, Chavin de Huantar, and Chan Chan as Peruvian ruins that are worth a visit.
Edited by Jessica, Rohan
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