Standing at the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza, you don’t just see history; you feel the weight of five millennia. There is a specific kind of silence found in the Valley of the Kings, and a specific kind of vibrant, chaotic music found in the narrow alleys of Khan el-Khalili. From the turquoise depths of the Red Sea to the rhythmic lap of the Nile against a wooden felucca, Egypt is a sensory overhaul that recalibrates your perspective on time itself.