El-Montaza, Egypt
Baron Empain Palace
Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.
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El-Montaza, Egypt
Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt
Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Markaz Al Belina, Egypt
Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.
Tanis, Egypt
The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.
Dandarah, Egypt
Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Cairo, Egypt
Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.
Abu AR Rish Qebli, Egypt
A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.
Alexandria, Egypt
Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt
The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.
Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah, Egypt
Even King Tut was intrigued by the glass of the Great Sand Sea.
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
It’s one of the hottest places in the world, but this canyon looks like it’s covered in snow.
Aswan, Egypt
The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
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An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Dandarah, Egypt
One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.
Alexandria, Egypt
An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.
Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt
An endless sea of white conical domes.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Cairo, Egypt
An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Rusting railcars and locomotive equipment fill this Ethiopian train graveyard.
Shinile, Ethiopia
The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.