Egypt
Egypt is a country in northeastern Africa renowned for its cultural influence and revered ancient history. It has been the location of various moments in media of the kaiju genre.
History
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) [mentioned]
- The King Kong Show (TV 1966)
- Latitude Zero (1969) [mentioned]
- Godzilla (TV 1978) [episode 3]
- Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [mentioned]
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) [mentioned on monitor]
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Showa era
Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
American journalist Steve Martin was en route to Cairo for an assignment, only to become drawn into Japan's efforts to stop Godzilla while on layover in Tokyo.
Latitude Zero
While explaining a new method of transport to Latitude Zero for their members, Captain Craig McKenzie showed footage of two members getting into one of the cars. When asked why the biologist was there instead of taking political asylum in Canada like what was reported, McKenzie dismissed the claims as what the American government wanted the public to think. He further clarified that communists were told the biologist was instead on a vacation in Egypt with his family, but in actuality was working as part of Project Team #8 and was working on "pure science" rather than profitable science.
Godzilla
"Attack of the Stone Creature"
In Egypt, an explorer named Gordon Jarvis was driving his jeep through the desert to a location, which he had been seeking the last 20 years of his life. Jarvis finally came upon his destination, the giant pyramid known as the "Pyramid of Ramal." As Jarvis climbed up the pyramid for a closer look, some sand tumbled off the pyramid to reveal a giant golden circle. As the sun reflected off the circle, two nearby giant mounds of sand blew away to reveal two Stone Creatures, who came to life and attack Jarvis, blasting him with sand and freezing cold winds until he was forced to flee.
Nearby, the Calico crew arrived at the Nile River. As Brock, Pete, and Godzooky went swimming in the river, Majors and Quinn stumbled upon Jarvis, who had collapsed and was covered in frostbite. After Majors and Quinn helped him recover, Jarvis explained to the Calico crew of the creatures who attacked him: the "Stone Guardians of Ramal." Traumatized by the event, Jarvis refused to go back to the pyramid's location, though he did mention where the pyramid was in spite of his pleas for them not to go.
With Jarvis presumably better then, the Calico crew went off to explore the pyramid themselves. While piloting their mini-copter however, they were caught in an updraft caused by a sandstorm. The sandstorm suddenly turned into a blizzard, freezing the mini-copter's rotors and incapacitating Godzooky from helping them. With Godzilla as their only hope, Majors called upon him. Godzilla received the call and arrived in time to rescue the Calico crew from crashing. At the same time however, Godzooky managed to brave through the blizzard to learn just what was the cause was. The Stone Guardians noticed Godzooky and thus attempted to freeze him as well, but Godzilla intervened and scared them off. The Stone Creatures hid themselves in sand yet again once Godzilla was temporarily distracted by Godzooky tumbling into a pit. Unable to find where the Guardians had disappeared to, Godzilla took his leave.
After Godzooky discovered the Pyramid of Ramal, Majors, Quinn, and Brock all begin digging away to find anything of value. A sudden sand slide caused the Guardians to reveal themselves. This time though, the Guardians didn't move, fooling everyone into thinking they were just normal statues. When Godzooky stumbled across a nearby lagoon, he and Pete went to fill their canteens. When one of the canteens drifted out too far, Pete got sucked into a whirlpool. Godzooky tried to save him, but he too was caught in the whirlpool. The Whirlpool carried them into a water channel which took them inside the Pyramid of Ramal itself. After exploring a few of the rooms inside the pyramid, Pete and Godzooky eventually found the stone door that lead outside.
Back at the digging site, the golden circle on the pyramid activated and the Stone Guardians came to life and noticed the rest of the Calico crew. Feeling that their pyramid was being threatened, the Guardians immediately began attacking them with their sand attacks and ice breath. With no other option, Majors called upon Godzilla for help. As Godzilla hurried to their rescue, the other members of the crew learned that Pete and Godzooky were inside the temple. After managing to pull (and push) the heavy stone door open, the crew accidentally found themselves trapped by the Stone Guardians, whom began blasting their ice breath at the doorway.
Luckily, Godzilla returned just in time to engage the Stone Guardians in battle. The battle proved difficult for Godzilla when the Stone Guardians began pelting him with giant hailstones before finally trapping him in a thick coating of ice. While Godzilla was frozen, the Guardians charged at him, hoping to crush him in-between their attack. However, Godzilla managed to break free from his icy coating and he sidestepped out of the way, causing the Guardians to collide into one another and reduce themselves to a giant heap of crumbled rocks. With the Guardians destroyed, the Calico crew managed to get out of the pyramid safely while Godzilla took his leave.
Heisei era
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris
A jet had been reported to have gone missing over Egypt on the news, with the pilot reporting a "giant bird".
Monsterverse
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Sekhmet dwelled under Cairo, Egypt, and Monarch built Outpost 65 to study it. Sekhmet was among the Titans to attack humanity, most notably wrecking a train, under the command of their new Alpha, King Ghidorah. After Madison Russell activated the Orca in Boston, almost all of the marauding Titans, including Sekhmet, were pacified.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
After receiving the B.E.A.S.T. Glove and Mothra being reborn, Kong exited from a portal coming from the Hollow Earth and ended up near the Giza Pyramids. Kong bellowed a call-to-arms to Godzilla. Godzilla perceived it as a threat and quickly arrived to "pacify" Kong. Godzilla rammed Kong into the Giza Pyramids and then suplexed Kong before the ape delivered an uppercut to Godzilla. The two exchanged blows for a brief moment until Mothra appeared from the Hollow Earth and successfully persuaded Godzilla to side with Kong against a greater threat.
Video games
- Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash (2007) - Nintendo DS
Godzilla Unleashed: Double Smash
Cairo was one of the many cities to be impacted by crystallized meteors. The city was home to Mechagodzilla and The Sphinx.
Books
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization (2019)
- Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization (2024)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters - The Official Movie Novelization
Egypt's native Titan Sekhmet plays no extra role than it did in the film. However, Mokele-Mbembe barreled north into Egypt from where it was roused in Jebel Barkal, Sudan.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization
The fight in Egypt plays out similarly to the movie, however, Kong's arrival in the country is told from the perspective of two tourists named Keith and Fiona. Keith initially believed that Kong was the god of the underworld, Babi, until he recognized the Titan.
Comics
- Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #12 (2012)
- Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #3 (2024)
- Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre #3 (2025)
- Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #3 (2025)
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters
Despite no kaiju appearing in Egypt, the pyramids of Giza were inexplicably shown destroyed.
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants
In biblical times, Mothra attacked ancient Egypt as the Eighth Plague and assisted Moses in parting the Red Sea.
Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre
While passing through Egypt, Godzilla destroyed the Sphinx and the Pyramids in Giza. This placed the monster under the curse of the mummy Utma Utep, who ended up following Godzilla to Transylvania.
Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens
While Dr. Kyoto showed footage of Jet Jaguar battling the Mechagodzilla in New York City to Bob Jones, an Area 51 operative reported to Kyoto that the Xiliens had invaded Cairo with their Hedorah probes. The operative soon clarified that Mothra had shown up to fight off the invasion, with the kaiju blasting a Hedorah probe and several Xilien UFOs with her antennae beams. She was soon engaged by Megalon, who battered her with his drills, and was eventually defeated and captured by the Xiliens.
Trivia
- At the end of the scrapped 1979 film proposal God's Godzilla, a race of aliens proclaiming themselves as humanity's ancient gods project a visage of mankind's mutated descendants over the Pyramids of Giza. One of the aliens, Jesus Christ, travels to Giza with Godzilla, who sits like a sphinx while Jesus ascends a glowing staircase towards the heavens from the top of a pyramid.
External links
- Egypt on Wikipedia
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