The teams kick off at the Pit Stop, Catherine's Palace, and are given their first clue to travel to St. Petersburg, where they must locate Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" in an art museum. Afterward, they are tasked with flying 2,000 miles to Cairo, Egypt. Colin and Christie excel by researching their flight options, securing a much earlier arrival than the others, which propels them to the front with a Fast Forward challenge involving moving a sarcophagus. They check in at the Sphinx in Egypt, leading the pack. Meanwhile, the other teams arrive and face a Roadblock that requires someone to retrieve a bag of artifacts from a deep pit. They then tackle a Detour option: Rock and Roll or Hump and Ride. Only Charla and Mirna manage to choose the Hump and Ride, as the horse-riding task closes at 5:30 P.M. The remaining teams opt to move rocks, with Linda