Game of Thrones, Gladiator filmed at Atlas studio, Morocco: See inside

Business Insider: Think about any biblical or historical epic you've ever seen. There's probably a barren landscape of soft golden-red rocks, mud brick buildings, and thatched straw roofs.

From "Lawrence of Arabia," "Noah," and "The Passion of the Christ," to "Ben Hur," "Gladiator," and "Kingdom of Heaven," the landscape is the same. There's a reason for that.

They were all filmed near Ouarzazate, a desert city in southwestern Morocco, that is known as "the door of the desert."