8 Pokémon Discovered at Egypt's Heritage Sites

Our search stretched into the second hour as the sun continued to relentlessly desiccate our bodies, each moment our BO becoming more and more intolerable. As we climbed down the steps of Khufu’s great pyramid, the most famous monument to the ingenuity and perseverance of the human spirit, we had our first moment of success since arriving on the Giza plateau. “Eureka!” I exclaimed to my manservant as a wild Rhyhorn blooped into existence on my phone. Finally, after hours spent scouring the ruins of an ancient wonder of the world, I had found what I had come here for; Pokémon.

 

 

Since Pokémon Go launched and changed the world forever, Egyptians have been rabid in their quest to catch ‘em all. As one of the first teams in Egypt to get their hands on the newest, most popular accidental-exercise app, we figured we should seize the initiative and loot Egypt’s historical landmarks of their (digital) valuables just like pasty European colonialists would. The Pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, and The Citadel of Salah ad-Din were stripped bare of their Pikachus, Charmanders, and Squirtles. We captured them just moments before their imprisonment for your sadistic enjoyment. (Addendum: I did not actually find any of those rare Pokés in my travels.)