Above the mother of the world

Cairo is the largest city in Africa and home to 15 million souls. The minarets are trying to be heard over the ambient noise from the rough traffic below.

Cairo

The three stooges

It's interesting to see the Nile's influence on the barren land. There is a clear limit where the desert starts.

Giza, Cairo

Hello there

Excuse me, is this the way to Mos Eisley?

Giza, Cairo

Sand people

Resistance is futile.

Reine meets the Glue Man in Giza, Cairo

Fetch me a bucket

This elegant courtyard can be found in the Citadel on Mokattam hill.

Courtyard of Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo

Looking for the missing nose

Reine at the Sfinx in Giza, Cairo

Nilecity

If you got baksheesh, you're the king of Khan el Khalili.

Khan el Khalili bazaar, Cairo

Staring across eternity

The golden mask of Tutankhamun's mummy is probably one of the most well-recognized items of ancient history.

The Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Beauty and the beast

Sfinx of Giza, Cairo

Dusty tracks

Somewhere in the desert

Temple of death

This is the funerary complex of Queen Hatshepsut, suitably located somewhere in nowhere. After twenty minutes in this desert, you're toast as well.

Hatshepsut's Temple, Deir el-Bahri

Cry me a river

A felucca going down the Nile in lower Egypt.

Going south by boat on the Nile river

Along the Nile

Going south by boat on the Nile river

The twins

The twin statues of pharaoh Amenhotep III have been standing here since 1350 BC, originally guarding the entrance to the pharaoh's memorial temple.

The Colossi of Memnon, Luxor

The guardian

If this horse could speak, he would say "None shall pass".

Dark alley in Luxor

Rock solid

Karnak

Avenue of broken dreams

Luxor