Albany, New York
The Mummy Ankhefenmut
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
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Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Colmar, France
A charming little museum founded by the designer of the Statue of Liberty.
San Jose, California
An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.
Paris, France
Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.
Castalla, Spain
This elaborately decorated wall is an homage to the history, beauty and lore of the palm tree.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.
DeKalb, Illinois
This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.
London, England
Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
Los Angeles, California
The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.
Richmond, Virginia
A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.
San Francisco, California
Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.
Chino Hills, California
A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.
Leadville, Colorado
In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.
Nether Wallop, England
Inspired by the colossal pyramids at Giza, this 15-foot structure is believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain.
Turin, Italy
One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.
Lorton, Virginia
The former home of the man whose radical ideas changed the nation.
Peoria, Illinois
A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Metten, Germany
This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.
Stockholm, Sweden
What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.
Uppsala, Sweden
A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.
Stockholm, Sweden
This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.