Cairo: The 5,000-Year-Old Megacity Where 99% Have Never Seen the Pyramids Next Door

22 million people live next door to the Pyramids of Giza — yet 99% have never visited them. Cairo has been continuously inhabited for 5,000 years, hosts the world's oldest university, and is the largest city in Africa. It never stopped.

One surprising city fact per day — the hidden stories behind streets, subway stations, and skylines you thought you knew.