A high-speed highway connects the Red Sea coast with the ancient capital at Cairo on the Nile. The attractions and sites of Cairo beggar description. Whether you are interested in the ancient history and wish to visit the Egyptian Museum’s treasures, Giza plain with its pyramids and sphinx, or the modern-day magnet of Tahrir Square, you will find plenty to enlighten and entertain you. There are early Christian sites, Jewish sites and many other specialized interests as well. This has been a crossroads of the world for longer than nearly anywhere else, and it remains a fascination.