Visit the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The guardian lion of the Giza plateau.

Eleven kilograms of gold and lapis over the face of a teenage pharaoh, now in the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.

Tombs of the pharaohs near Luxor.

Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.

Nubian Aswan’s feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.

The best-preserved temple in Egypt, buried in sand for centuries and dedicated to the falcon god Horus.

Bahrain's history and Dilmun treasures.