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

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

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

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

Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Giant pigeon houses packed into city streets in Egypt.

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

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

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

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

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

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

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

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

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.

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

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.

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.