It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

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.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

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

Brightly painted boulders scattered throughout the Sinai Desert.

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

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

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

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.

Spirits from these lakes are said to produce the local weather and odd phenomena as they bicker between themselves.

The historic cave is both a symbol of superstition and black magic and inspired one of the early Christian converts in Botswana.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

Warrior training: The Indonesian tourist trap.

A striking series of six bridges connect islands in Indonesia.

Concrete balls on wires constructed to stop train surfing in Indonesia.

The remote island home of the overlooked explorer who co-discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

The second generation of a mighty volcano rises from the sea.