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

This 7th-century monastery was sacked by Saladin.

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

This eatery is emblematic of the connection between Jamaica and Nubia.

This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.

A hyper-remote desert cave dramatized in "The English Patient."

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

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

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

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

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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

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

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

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

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

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

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

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An endless sea of white conical domes.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

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

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.