Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall enjoyed a tomb with a view - as they were shown around the Great Pyramids of Giza.
The royal duo walked arm in arm as they were given a personal tour around the pyramids.
Charles has visited ancient wonders outside Cairo, Egypt, before privately but this was his first official visit.
Camilla, who has never been to the ancient site before, marvelled with her husband, as 4,500 years of history unveiled itself as the sun set over the desert.
They walked carefully up several steps up the side of the 454ft-high pyramid called Khufu of Pyramid of Cheops, and briefly stepped into the tunnel entrance out of view.
Ashraf Mohi, director of the Pyramid Complex, walked the couple around the three pyramids and to the Great Sphinx.
He told the couple: "You are stepping on rocks that go back centuries and centuries. This is an adventure."
He pointed at the pyramid explaining it was once covered in flat limestone.
He said: "If you imagine in another time, it looked so shiny."
Prince Charles and wife Camilla nodded and looked fascinated with their personal tour.
Charles is believed to have been looking forward to showing Camilla around the site while on the four-day tour to the Middle East.
The visit to Egypt will highlight close links with the UK and comes just weeks after the future King's appearance at COP26 in Glasgow.
A source close to Charles said: "The Prince is convinced that human ingenuity can help stop climate change because when you look at the pyramids you realise just what people can do."
The couple happily posed for photos as the sun set behind the pyramids.
The Great Pyramids of Giza were 4,500 years ago and are among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
It was the first time Prince Charles has been in Cairo for 15 years.
Princess Diana posed for photos at the site in 1992.
The towering 146metre (481ft) high Great Pyramid of Giza, also called Khufu, remained the tallest building in the world for 4,000 years.
It is made of two million bricks each weighing 50 tonnes.
The 73metre long Sphinx inspires millions of tourists every year.
In pre-Covid times around 4,000 British tourists will visit Egypt’s tourist destination weekly. Both the Great Pyramid and the Great Sphinx date to 2600 BC.
The Pyramid is the oldest in Giza and the largest in Egypt, and stood at 146m high when it was completed.
The Great Sphinx is known as Abu Al Hol (Father of Terror) in Arabic.
But it was renamed the Sphinx by the ancient Greeks because it resembled their mythical winged monster who set riddles and killed anyone unable to answer them.
