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Bete Giyorgis

Lalibela, Ethiopia

Bete Giyorgis of Lalibela

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.

A skeleton in Wadi Al-Hatan

Ibsheway, Egypt

Wadi al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales)

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

The Colossi of Memnon, battered by time and accidental Roman damage.

Luxor, Egypt

Colossi of Memnon

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

Cairo's City of the Dead

Cairo, Egypt

Cairo's City of the Dead

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

Partially uncovered obelisk

Aswan, Egypt

Unfinished Obelisk

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

View into one of the family tomb chambers (Ultimate Trans Africa Blogspot)
Permanently Closed

Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah, Egypt

Muzawaka Tombs

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Red Sea Blue Hole

Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt

Red Sea Blue Hole

The deadliest diving spot in the world is also a stunning geological marvel.

Right part of the relief (Wikimedia Commons)

Dandarah, Egypt

Dendera Light

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

A relief of surgical instruments.

Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt

Temple of Kom Ombo

One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.

(Flickr/Carlos Affonso)

Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt

St. Catherine's Monastery

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

The cinema in the Sinai Desert.
Permanently Closed

Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

End of the World Cinema

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

The Pyramid of Senusret II

Al Lahoun, Egypt

The Pyramid of Senusret II

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

Original letter of Abraham, the son of Maimonides found in the Cairo genizah.

Cairo, Egypt

The Cairo Genizah

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

Oasis

Qesm Siwah, Egypt

Siwa Oasis

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

Malkata

Luxor, Egypt

Malkata Palace

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 Aquarium Grotto Garden

Cairo, Egypt

The Aquarium Grotto Garden

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

A taxidermied lion lies on its side, broken.

Cairo, Egypt

Agricultural Museum of Cairo

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

Hundreds of dovecotes in the streets of Mit Gahmr

Madinet Mit Ghamr, Egypt

Mit Ghamr Dovecotes

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

Al-Andalus Garden.

Cairo, Egypt

Al-Andalus Garden

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

Some of the painted boulders (Wikimedia Commons)

Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

Blue Desert

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

The Tanis tombs.

Tanis, Egypt

Tanis

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

"Chicken and mushroom" rock formations.

Egypt

White Desert

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

The Djoser Pyramid (4,700 years old) and a camel (age unknown).

Badrshein, Egypt

Pyramid of Djoser

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

Libyan Desert Glass collected in the Great Sand Sea

Qesm Al Wahat Ad Dakhlah, Egypt

Great Sand Sea Glass of the Libyan Desert

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

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