The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

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

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

Located near Cairo's El Korba district, the abandoned mansion continues to inspire mystery and rumor throughout the city.

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

A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.

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.

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

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

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

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.

A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.

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

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

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

This Paleolithic cave may be the oldest cemetery in North Africa.

The ruins of an early-18th-century complex that could once house up to 12,000 horses.

The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.

The world's largest concentrated solar power plant.