A low-angle, black-and-white photograph looking upward through the iron spiral staircase inside the tower of Al-Quseir Fortress, known locally as Al-Tabia, located in Al-Quseir city on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. The wrought iron railings form a dramatic radial geometric pattern against a backlit circular opening, revealing the stone construction of the tower walls. Al-Quseir Fortress is an Ottoman-era coastal fortification built in the 16th century, historically used to protect the Red Sea trade and pilgrimage routes.