5 notable sites ranked among the world's top 100
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The oldest known monumental sculpture â a limestone figure with a lion's body and human head, 73 meters long and 20 meters high. Its missing nose remains a mystery.
Oldest monumental sculpture, guardian of the Giza pyramids.
The enclosure surrounding the Great Sphinx, revealing the geological layers and erosion patterns that some researchers believe predate ancient Egypt.
Archaeological mystery, erosion debate.
One of several granite sphinxes bearing the face of female pharaoh Hatshepsut, originally lining the processional way to her temple.
Female pharaoh sphinx, temple processional.
A massive unfinished obelisk that would have been the largest ever at 42 meters and 1,168 tonnes. Abandoned after a crack appeared.
Would have been the largest obelisk ever, reveals quarrying methods.
A monument to Ferdinand de Lesseps at the entrance to the Suez Canal, one of the most important waterways in global trade.
Marks the Suez Canal entrance.
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