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Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Underneath the Serapeum ruins lies a dark passage with nooks for books, the lesser-known “sister” to the famous ancient library.

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

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

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

This memorial park is also the original site of Queen Cleopatra’s Caesareum, whose pillars now stand in London and New York.

There are ongoing efforts to preserve this village, the best known work of Egyptian architect Hasan Fathy.

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

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

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.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

A huge museum of much more than just agriculture displayed in a princess's palace.

A strange aquarium with stuffed fish, and almost no water for them to swim in.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.