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

Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

The Buddhist temples of Yamadera, built into a mountain side, feature a viewing deck with sweeping views.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.