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Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

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

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

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

Some believe that this ancient mural depicts technology far ahead of its time, but in reality it's nothing quite out of place.

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

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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

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

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

Africa's Venice on stilts.

The unique building practices of the Batammariba reflect the community's deep reverence for and connection to the earth.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

The Voodoo Superstore of the world.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

An enormous public square and parade ground built to celebrate Ghana's independence.

The first mosque in Ghana is known as the "Mecca of West Africa."

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.