Cairo

The sculpture of the Egyptian writer, Nobel Prize laureate Naguib Mahfouz, in Al-Horreya Park in Cairo

Construction of the Cairo Aqueduct began in 1340 by order of Sultan An-Nasir Nasir ad-Din

The statue of Ramses II in pink granite (11 meters tall) is the centerpiece exhibit in the atrium of the Grand Egyptian Museum

The golden funerary mask of Pharaoh Tutankhamun at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo

The Arab Music Festival at the Cairo Opera House

The Cairo Tower is an architectural symbol of modern Egypt from the era of Gamal Abdel Nasser

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, also known as the Cairo Museum, was built in 1902 on Tahrir Square

The colossal statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his wife Tiye (c. 1350 BCE) in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo

The gold funerary mask of Pharaoh Psusennes I (circa 1039 BCE), housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

Al-Rifai Mosque in Cairo is a majestic mausoleum-mosque, the pantheon of Egypt`s 20th-century monarchs

The interior beneath the grand dome of the Al-Rifai Mosque

The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Cairo is the oldest mosque in Egypt, founded in 641 CE

Despite numerous renovations, the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As maintains the classic hypostyle structure of the earliest Islamic mosques

The Mosque of Qanibay al-Ramah is considered an architectural gem from the late Mamluk period

A panoramic view of the Sultan Hassan and Al-Rifa`i Mosques from the ramparts of the Cairo Citadel

The qibla iwan (the largest one) was intended for communal prayers in the Sultan Hassan Mosque in Cairo

The most massive towers above the main gate, Bab Al-Gabal, at the entrance to the Cairo Citadel

The Mosque of Muhammad Ali, also known as the Alabaster Mosque, was founded in the Cairo Citadel in 1830

Egypt`s National Military Museum is located in the former harem palace Haramlik of Muhammad Ali, within the Cairo Citadel

The mysteries of the Great Sphinx of Giza, built 4.5 thousand years ago, attract millions of tourists to Egypt

A panoramic view of all six pyramids on the Giza Plateau, taken from a hill on the southeastern side

The Pyramid of Khafre was built by Pharaoh Khafre (Greek: Chephren), the son and successor of Khufu (Greek: Cheops)

The Great Sphinx of Giza is the world`s oldest monumental sculpture and the most famous guardian in human history

The Monument to the Martyrs and Heroes in the center of the traffic circle on Tahrir Square in Cairo

The National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo tells the history of civilization in the Nile Valley over 5,000 years

The mummy of Tuya, wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, in the mummies hall of the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo

The Nile River corniche on the southern part of Gezira Island in Cairo is a perfect place for an evening stroll