the spectacular ponte city.ntire length of the continent to egypt where ade went behind the scenes in cairo as they prepared to open the doors to one of the biggest archaeological museums in the world. the ancient egyptians built these pyramids as elaborate tombs for their rulers, or pharaohs, some 11,500 years ago. they've become the calling card of egypt's tourism. wow, that is awesome. seeing them in real life is so cool. tourism is one of egypt's biggest moneymakers, and in 2010 it reached an all—time high, with more than 1a million coming here on holiday. but the following year, everything changed. change, change, change! anti—government demonstrations in cairo's tahrir square kicked off a wave of protests across the country. standing on the corner of the square is egypt's national museum. built in 1902, it houses perhaps the world's greatest collection of ancient a rtefa cts . during the turmoil, looters and vandals took advantage of the chaos and broke in. thieves damaged the building and stole more than