These artifacts were discovered during the construction of the airport, with some dating back to the Neolithic period.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

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

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

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

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

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.

Life and death are on parade at the most reliably perilous site of “the Great Migration.”

A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.