Egypt

A profile view of <n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, photographed between 1900 and 1920.

<n>The Great Sphinx of Giza</n> and <n>Pyramid of Khufu</n>, 1867. Photo by <n>Antonio Beato</n>.

Diorite <n>Statue of Khafre</n>, c. 2500 BC. Photo by <n>Tony Evans</n>.

The <n>Giza pyramid complex</n> in Egypt, circa 1865.

A cat at the <n>Philae temple</n> in Aswan, Egypt.

Carvings inside the <n>Ramesses II Temple</n> in Abu Simbel, Egypt. Photo by <n>Jidekis Gallardo Garcia</n>.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> in Egypt. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

The <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> in Egypt, photographed by <n>Karim Amr</n>.

Concept art titled <n>Egyptian Sunrise</n> for the video game <n>Assassin's Creed Origins</n>.

The art of <n>Usta Kala</n>, or camel barbering, at the <n>Bikaner Camel Festival</n> in India.

Aerial view of the <n>Pyramid of Khafre</n> at the <n>Giza Pyramid Complex</n>. Photo by <n>Mostafa Eldiasty</n>.

<n>Vue vers les Pyramides de Gizeh</n>, a photograph of the <n>Pyramids of Giza</n> from the 1870s.

Interior of the <n>Tomb of Nefertari</n> in the <n>Valley of the Queens</n>, Luxor. Photo by <n>Andrey Plaksin</n>.

The <n>Colossi of Memnon</n> in Luxor, Egypt, 1965. Photo by <n>Eliot Elisofon</n>.

The <n>Great Pyramids of Giza</n>, photographed by <n>Quentin De Briey</n> for <n>WSJ. Magazine</n>.

The <n>Great Pyramid of Giza</n>, <n>Pyramid of Khafre</n>, and <n>Pyramid of Menkaure</n> with <n>Cairo</n> in the distance.

A bedroom at the <n>Adrère Amellal</n> ecolodge in Siwa. Photo via <n>Júlia Juste</n>.

Members of the <n>Second Japanese Embassy to Europe</n> at the <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n>, 1864. Photo by <n>Antonio Beato</n>.

The <n>Karnak Temple</n> in Luxor, Egypt.

<n>Maxime Du Camp</n>'s 1850 photograph of a colossal statue at the <n>Great Temple of Ramesses II</n> at <n>Abu Simbel</n>.

The <n>Nefertiti Bust</n>, sculpted by <n>Thutmose</n> c. 1345 BC. Photo by <n>Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft</n>, 1912.

The <n>Great Sphinx of Giza</n> with the <n>Great Pyramid of Giza</n> in the background.

A garland on the royal insignia of <n>Tutankhamun</n>'s outermost coffin. Photo by <n>Harry Burton</n>, 1926.

<n>Pyramids, Soft Light with Two Camels, Egypt</n> by photographer <n>Jay Maisel</n>.

<n>Qasr al-Farid</n>, a 1st-century <n>Nabataean</n> tomb in Hegra, Saudi Arabia.

<n>Hacienda San Antonio Hool</n> by <n>reyesrios+larrain arquitectos</n>. Photo by <n>César Béjar</n>.

Egypt's ancient wonders, photographed by <n>Yann Arthus-Bertrand</n>.

The <n>Giza pyramid complex</n> at night. Photo by <n>Karim Amr</n>.