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A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

A preserved oasis with traditional Andalusian-style architecture and beautiful views of the Nile.

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

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Bursting forth from a historic German neighborhood, these day-glo palaces are now a bright fixture in the town.

Ample proof that watery ends make for well-preserved, millenia-old mummies.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

A wunderkammer of exoticism immortalized by Tom Waits.

The "Prussian Versailles" that is as glorious today as when it was built.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

A quaint Russian village in the middle of a German metropolis.

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A museum in the building where Nazi Germany signed its surrender tells the story of World War II from the Soviet perspective.