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The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.

In Egypt's expanding metro area, many of the neighbors are dead.

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.

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

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.

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

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

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

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

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

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.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.