A view shows the City of the Dead, where tombs and historic cemeteries have been demolished due to a new construction project underway on the Salah Salem road, in the capital city of Cairo, Egypt ...

Fuelled by record-breaking investments, ambitious national strategies, and a population craving modern urban living, Cairo's ...

The highway will connect the city with the new administrative capital that President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is constructing at the expected cost of $59 billion.

Thirty miles from Cairo, a new city is being developed, home to Africa’s tallest tower and the Middle East’s biggest cathedral. Critics question whether the money would be better spent elsewhere.

Preservationists fear that will mean the City of the Dead’s end: Carved up between highways, its remaining pieces would be vulnerable to further destruction.

Egypt's new capital city is getting a $1 billion skyscraper which will be powered by clean hydrogen, according to the Saudi-controlled real estate firm that's building it.

Preservationists say highway construction by the Egyptian government threatens to destroy Cairo's City of the Dead, a vast historic cemetery that has been in use for more than 1,000 years.

Preservationists fear that will mean the City of the Dead's end: Carved up between highways, its remaining pieces would be vulnerable to further destruction.

The mausoleum of Rashwan Basha, built around 1920 in a new-Islamic style housing the graves and now threatened with demolition, is seen in Cairo's historic City of the Dead, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2023 ...

New highways carve into Cairo’s City of the Dead cemetery as Egypt’s government reshapes the city Preservationists say highway construction by the Egyptian government threatens to destroy ...

Preservationists say highway construction by the Egyptian government threatens to destroy Cairo's City of the Dead, a vast historic cemetery that has been in use for more than 1,000 years.

Residents prepare to fly their kite at Cairo’s historic City of the Dead, Egypt, Sept. 1, 2023. Authorities have already razed hundreds of tombs and mausoleums as they carry out plans to build a ...