Photographs

Egypt

Tourists look at carvings in the Temple of Derr in Lower Nubia, Egypt.

Nubia, Egypt

The Temple of Amada, Temple of Derr, Wadi es-Sebua, Temple of Kalabsha, and the Aswan High Dam.

Colossi of Ramesses II flank the entrance to the Great Temple at Abu Simbel in Nubia, Egypt.

Abu Simbel, Egypt

The Great Temple and the Small Temple of Hathor and Nefertari.

Tourists explore the Temple of Kom Ombo in Kom Ombo, Egypt near Aswan.

Aswan, Egypt

Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo Temple, Philae Temple, and the Nubian Museum.

A carving depicts an Egyptian king making an offering to an erect Amun, the Egyptian god of fertility, in Karnak’s Great Hypostyle Hall.

Karnak, Egypt

The Temple of Amun.

Ramesseum First Pylon with fallen Ramses colossus head

Luxor, Egypt

The Luxor Temple, Theban Necropolis, and a hot air balloon ride.

Demonstrators sell “The Day We Changed” T-shirts while protesters gather in Cairo’s Tahrir Square.

Cairo, Egypt

Post revolution: Tahrir Square, Islamic Cairo, and the Citadel.

Men on camels ride near the Queen’s, Mycerinus, Chephren, and Cheops Pyramids outside Cairo.

Egyptian Pyramids

The Pyramids of Giza, Saqqara, and Dahshur.

Israel

People swim at Ein Bokek’s public beach on the Dead Sea in the West Bank near Jerusalem, Israel.

Dead Sea & Masada, Israel

Swimming in the Dead Sea and hiking the Masada's Snake Trail.

Men, separated from women, take part in Bar Mitzvah ceremonies at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.

Jerusalem, Israel

The Mount of Olives, Room of the Last Supper, Church of the Nativity, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Wailing Wall, and Via Dolorosa's Stations of the Cross.