The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

The largest and best-preserved Roman amphitheater in Africa was designed to seat 35,000 people.

The largest salt lake in the Sahara is mysteriously alluring.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

This jar honors the role that pottery has played in this Tunisian village over the past millennia.

An awesome blend of traditional architecture and street art.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

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

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

An unexpected treasure trove of military oddities, Turkish interior design, and North Korean art.

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

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

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

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

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

The ancient village known as Set Maat, or the 'Place of Truth,' located on this site served as a hub for intellectual and artistic endeavors.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

This fortress was built using the last surviving stones from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

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

A subterranean necropolis blending Egyptian, Hellenic, and Roman traditions and art styles.

After over 100 years out of service this landmark windmill once again turns as a symbol of Jerusalem's self-sufficiency.