A decorated camel and its driver wait for tourists who are led on brief rides in the desert near the Great Sphinx and Giza Pyramids a few miles from Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. Nearly15 million tourists visited this North African nation in the year prior to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, which has reduced that number by 45% because of subsequent turmoil in the country.


A decorated camel and its driver wait for tourists who are led on brief rides in the desert near the Great Sphinx and Giza Pyramids a few miles from Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. Nearly15 million tourists visited this North African nation in the year prior to the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, which has reduced that number by 45% because of subsequent turmoil in the country.


Size: 3800px × 2551px
Location: Giza Pyramids, near Cairo, Egypt, North Africa
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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