A bar of sunlight illuminates carvings in Egypt's Karnak Temple.

Fluffy white clouds drift over a Sphinx and a solitary column in Cairo.

Desert hills surround the ruinous city of Shenshef, Egypt.

Stone crumbles at the base of a statue in Luxor, Egypt.

A desert road winds past ruins in Sikait, Egypt.

A pair of hands holds a damaged sculpture.

A hand holds a tiny piece of ancient pottery.

Ruinous stone walls surround an ancient courtyard in Berenike, Egypt.

Shards of pottery on a display table rotate in an antiquities storeroom.

Pieces of ancient glass rotate on a table in an antiquities storeroom.

Pastel light glows over the ruinous seaport city of Berenike, Egypt.

Smoke billows across a temple ramp during the funeral of Poppaea in Saqqara, Egypt.

Sunlight and shadows dapple ruined stone walls in Alexandria, Egypt.

Shadows fall across the columns of Karnak Temple in Egypt.

A priest in a leopard skin robe holds incense as he leads Egyptian royalty away from a throne.

A statue depicts a frowning face with large ears in Luxor, Egypt.

Robed, masked monks wave burning torches as they stand in front of a temple where smoke billows past.

Hikers trek across the ruins of Shenshef, Egypt under a blazing sun.

The ruined walls of Shenshef remain on a desert hill in Egypt.

Desert mountains surround the ruinous entrance of a Sikait emerald mine in Egypt.

Mountains border the ruins of the ancient settlement of Shenshef, Egypt.

Light shines on the belly rolls of a statue of Amenhotep at Luxor Museum.

Divers explore broken pottery and other artifacts on a sandy seabed.

The gallery of a museum houses Ancient Egyptian artifacts.