Archaeological Sites in Egypt
Abu Simbel Temples
Abu Simbel comprises two massive rock-cut temples carved into a mountainside in the 13th century BC during the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses II [1]. The Great Temple features four colossal seated statues…
Abusir
Abusir is an ancient Egyptian archaeological pyramid complex located approximately 20 km south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile at the edge of the desert [1]. It lies between Giza and…
Ameny Qemau Pyramid
A pyramid in southern Dahshur, Egypt, built c. 1790 BC for Ameny Qemau, an obscure 13th Dynasty pharaoh of the Second Intermediate Period. It originally stood 35 m high with a 52 m base, though its…
Ancient Roman Theatre
A 4th-century AD Roman odeum at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria, Egypt, discovered in the 1960s during construction work. The structure features 13 rows of white marble seats with granite columns from…
Beit el-Wali
The Temple of Beit el-Wali is a rock-cut ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia built by Pharaoh Ramesses II and dedicated to the deities Amun-Re, Re-Horakhti, Khnum and Anuket [1]. It was the first in a…
Bent Pyramid
The Bent Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at the royal necropolis of Dahshur, approximately 40 km south of Cairo, built for the Old Kingdom pharaoh Sneferu around 2600 BC. Rising to 105 metres…
Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa are a Roman-era necropolis in Alexandria, Egypt, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages and the largest known Roman burial site in Egypt. Dating to the…
Chapel of Osiris
The Chapel of Osiris-Ptah Neb-ankh ('Lord of Life') is a 25th Dynasty sandstone shrine at Karnak, built by Kushite pharaohs Taharqa and Tantamani in the 7th century BC. Located south of Karnak's…
Colossi of Memnon
Two large stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III standing at the front of his ruined mortuary temple in the Theban Necropolis—the largest temple complex in the area[1]. The statues have stood since…
Colosso di Ramses II
The Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II commissioned numerous colossal statues of himself across ancient Egypt. The most renowned are those flanking the entrance to the main temple at Abu Simbel. Another…
Column of Taharqa
The Column of Taharqa is the sole surviving element of a monumental kiosk erected in the Great Court of the Karnak Temple complex by Pharaoh Taharqa of Egypt's 25th Dynasty (r. 690-664 BC), a Kushite…
Deir el-Bahari
Deir el-Bahari is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor, forming part of the Theban Necropolis [1]. The first monument here was the mortuary temple of…
Deir el-Medina
Deir el-Medina is an ancient Egyptian workmen's village which was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the Kings during the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt…
Deir el-Shelwit Temple
Deir el-Shelwit is an ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to the goddess Isis, built during the Greco-Roman period on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, approximately 1 km from Malkata and 4 km south…
Dendera Temple Complex
The Dendera Temple Complex, located 2.5 km southeast of Dendera in Upper Egypt, is one of the best-preserved temple complexes in ancient Egypt, spanning approximately 40,000 square metres. Evidence…
Edfu South Pyramid
(2670-2610 BC) The Edfu South pyramid is one of seven similar small step pyramids built far from Egypt's main centers [1]. Located about five kilometres south of Edfu near Naga el-Ghoneimeya, it was…
El Kab
Ancient Egyptian site on the east bank of the Nile, 80 km south of Luxor, known in antiquity as Nekheb -- the cult centre of vulture goddess Nekhbet. Occupation spans from Epipaleolithic campsites…
First Pylon
The First Pylon of Karnak is the monumental entrance to the Precinct of Amun-Re, built by Nectanebo I during the 30th Dynasty (380-362 BC) but never completed. It measures 113 metres wide and 15…
Giza Eastern Cemetery
The Eastern Cemetery at Giza, also known as the East Field, lies immediately east of the three Queen's Pyramids of Khufu (c. 2589-2566 BC). It contains large stone mastaba tombs arranged in roughly…
Giza Necropolis
The Giza pyramid complex, built during the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (c. 2600-2500 BC), houses the Great Pyramid of Khufu (481 ft/147 m), the Pyramid of Khafre (471 ft/144 m), and the Pyramid…
Great Aten Temple
The Great Temple of the Aten was a temple dedicated to the sun-disk deity Aten, located in the ancient city of Akhetaten (modern el-Amarna), Egypt [1]. Constructed during the reign of Pharaoh…
Great Sphinx of Giza
The oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt, carved from a single mass of limestone on the Giza Plateau during the reign of Pharaoh Khafre (c. 2558-2532 BC). Measuring approximately 73 metres long…
Hatshepsut Temple
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, opposite Luxor, is a masterpiece of ancient Egyptian architecture built c. 1479-1458 BCE. Designed by the royal architect Senenmut, the…
Hypostyle Hall
The Great Hypostyle Hall within the Karnak temple complex at Luxor, Egypt, was begun by pharaoh Seti I (c. 1291-1279 BCE) and completed by his son Ramesses II (c. 1279-1213 BCE). Spanning…
Kalabsha Temple
The largest free-standing temple in Lower Nubia, built during the reign of Emperor Augustus (30 BC-14 AD) and dedicated to the Nubian sun god Mandulis. Originally located at Bab al-Kalabsha,…
Karnak Temple Complex
The Karnak Temple Complex comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt [1]. Construction began during the reign of Senusret I (1971-1926 BC) in the Middle…
Kertasi Temple
Kertasi Temple is a Roman-era temple complex located south of Kalabsha temple in the Aswan region of Egypt [1]. Like many Nubian monuments, it was relocated to higher ground following the creation of…
Lepsius No.25 Pyramid
A 5th Dynasty double tomb on the southeastern edge of the Abusir necropolis in Egypt, built under King Nyuserre Ini for two female members of the royal family. The eastern tomb measures 27.7 x 21.5 m…
Luxor Temple
The Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the Nile River in Luxor, built circa 1400 BCE [1]. Known in Egyptian as ipet resyt ("the southern sanctuary"), it…
Medinet Habu
Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality on the West Bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, Egypt, best known for the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III, the largest and best preserved New Kingdom temple…
Meidum Pyramid
Meidum is an archaeological site in Lower Egypt. The complex includes a large pyramid and several mudbrick mastabas [1]. The Meidum Pyramid was Egypt's first straight-sided pyramid [2], though it…
Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III (Kom el-Hettân) was constructed during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom by the architect Amenhotep, son of Hapu, for Pharaoh Amenhotep III[1]. Located on the…
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut is a temple complex built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut (1478-1458 BC) of the Eighteenth Dynasty[1]. Located opposite Luxor, it is considered a masterpiece…
Mortuary Temple of Hawara
The mortuary temple adjacent to the pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara in Egypt's Faiyum region was known in antiquity as the Labyrinth. Herodotus described it as containing 3,000 chambers across…
Mortuary Temple of Khufu
The Mortuary Temple of Khufu stood against the east face of the Great Pyramid at Giza, measuring 52.2 metres north to south and 40 metres east to west. Its interior featured an open courtyard paved…
Mortuary Temple of Seti I
The Mortuary Temple of Seti I stands in the Theban Necropolis at Qurna, across the Nile from modern Luxor. Built circa 1280 BC toward the end of Seti I's reign, it was likely completed by his son…
Mut Precinct
The Precinct of Mut is an Ancient Egyptian temple compound in Luxor's Karnak Complex, approximately 325m south of the Amun precinct [1]. Spanning roughly 9 hectares, it contains at least six temples…
Nefertari Temple
The Small Temple at Abu Simbel, also known as the Nefertari Temple or Temple of Hathor, was constructed c. 1264 BC by Pharaoh Ramesses II of the 19th Dynasty as a dedication to his queen Nefertari…
Obelisk of Hatshepsut
The Obelisk of Hatshepsut at Karnak is the tallest obelisk in Egypt, standing 29.5 m (97 ft) tall and carved from a single piece of pink granite. Commissioned by female pharaoh Hatshepsut (r.…
Obelisk of Thutmose I
The Obelisk of Thutmose I stands in the Central Court of Karnak Temple, beyond the Third Pylon. Originally erected in front of the Fourth Pylon—the entrance to Karnak during Thutmose I's reign…
Osirion
An enigmatic megalithic structure at Abydos, behind the Temple of Seti I, believed to be a cenotaph dating to Seti I's reign (c. 1294-1279 BC). Discovered by Flinders Petrie and Margaret Murray in…
Osiris Shaft
A complex of three vertical shafts and three levels beneath the causeway of Khafre on the Giza Plateau, descending approximately 30 meters below the surface. First partially explored by Selim Hassan…
Osiris Temple, Abydos.
Between the First Dynasty and the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (c. 3000–1500 BC), nine or ten successive temples were built on this sacred site at Abydos[1]. The first structure was a modest rectangular…
Pyramid G1-a
Pyramid G1-a is the northernmost of three queens' pyramids in the Giza East Field, built during the Fourth Dynasty east of the Great Pyramid of Khufu. Originally attributed to Queen Meritetes, it is…
Pyramid G1-b
Pyramid G1-b is a Fourth Dynasty (c. 2600-2500 BC) subsidiary pyramid in the Giza East Field, positioned ten meters south of Pyramid G1-a[1]. It served as the central queen's pyramid among the three…
Pyramid G1-c
Pyramid G1-c is one of three queen's pyramids at Giza, located immediately east of the Great Pyramid of Giza [1]. Built during the Fourth Dynasty, it measures 46.25 m wide and stood 29.6 m tall [1].…
Pyramid G1-d
Pyramid G1-d is a satellite pyramid within the Khufu pyramid complex on the Giza plateau. Built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom (c. 2600-2500 BC), it was likely constructed as a tomb for…
Pyramid of Amenemhat I
The Pyramid of Amenemhat I is an Egyptian burial structure built at el-Lisht by the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty, who moved the capital from Thebes to nearby Itj-tawy. Originally over 55 m high…
Pyramid of Amenemhat III at Hawara
Hawara is an archaeological site at the entrance to the Fayyum oasis, featuring a mudbrick pyramid built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III of the Twelfth Dynasty around 1860-1814 BC. The pyramid's adjacent…
Pyramid of Djedefre
The Pyramid of Djedefre is Egypt's northernmost pyramid, located at Abu Rawash. [1] It was built by Djedefre, son and successor to King Khufu. [1] The structure now exists mostly as ruins. [1] An…
Pyramid of Djedkare-Isesi
The Pyramid of Djedkare Isesi is a late 25th to mid-24th century BC pyramid complex in South Saqqara, Egypt, built for Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Djedkare Isesi. Known locally as Haram el-Shawaf, it was…
Pyramid of Djoser
The Pyramid of Djoser at the Saqqara necropolis is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt, designed by Imhotep -- the world's first named architect -- for Pharaoh Djoser of the Third Dynasty…
Pyramid of Hetepheres I
The Pyramid of Hetepheres I (G1-a) at Giza was built for the wife of Pharaoh Sneferu and mother of Khufu, who held titles including "King's Mother" and "God's Daughter of his body". On February 2,…
Pyramid of Khafre
The Pyramid of Khafre (c. 2558-2532 BC) is the middle and only partially clad pyramid of the three Great Pyramids of Giza [1]. Built as the tomb of Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chephren), it is the…
Pyramid of Khentkaus II
The Pyramid of Khentkaus II is a Fifth Dynasty (c. 25th-24th century BC) queen's pyramid located in the Abusir necropolis, Egypt [1]. It is attributed to Khentkaus II, a queen consort who may have…
Pyramid of Neferefre
(25th c. BC) The pyramid of Neferefre is an unfinished pyramid complex built for the Egyptian pharaoh Neferefre of the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th century BC [1]. It is the third and final pyramid…
Pyramid of Neferhetepes
The Pyramid of Neferhetepes is a small subsidiary pyramid at Saqqara, built for Queen Neferhetepes, daughter of Pharaoh Djedefre of the Fourth Dynasty and wife of Userkaf, the first king of the Fifth…
Pyramid of Neferirkare
The Pyramid of Neferirkare is the tallest structure at the Abusir necropolis, built for the Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai in the 25th century BC. With a base of 105 m, it was initially…
Pyramid of Pepi II
(23rd c. BC) The Pyramid of Pepi II was the tomb of Pharaoh Pepi II, located in southern Saqqara, to the northwest of the Mastabat al-Fir'aun. It was the final full pyramid complex ever built in…
Pyramid of Sahure
The Pyramid of Sahure is the funerary monument of Fifth Dynasty pharaoh Sahure (r. 2465-2325 BC), located in Abusir. [1] Constructed in the late 26th to 25th century BC, it initiated a period of…
Pyramid of Sekhemkhet- Buried Pyramid
The Buried Pyramid is an unfinished step pyramid at Saqqara built for Sekhemkhet, the second pharaoh of the Third Dynasty, discovered by Zakaria Goneim in 1951. Planned as a 120 m square structure…
Pyramid of Senusret I
The Pyramid of Senusret I stands at the southern end of el-Lisht, built during the Twelfth Dynasty near his father Amenemhat I's pyramid. Its architects pioneered an innovative construction technique…
Pyramid of Unas
The Pyramid of Unas is a smooth-sided pyramid built in the 24th century BC for Pharaoh Unas, the ninth and final king of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty[1]. Located in North Saqqara between the complexes of…
Pyramid of Userkaf
The Pyramid of Userkaf is the ruined tomb of the founder of Egypt's 5th Dynasty (c. 2494 BC), located at Saqqara northeast of Djoser's step pyramid[1]. Built of dressed stone with a rubble core, it…
Pyramids of Queens
(2600–2500 BC) The Pyramids of Queens are three small satellite pyramids located on the north side of the Great Pyramid of Giza, part of the Fourth Dynasty necropolis [1]. They are identified as…
Qasr al-Sagha
Qasr al-Sagha is a Middle Kingdom temple complex in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt, situated 8 km north of Lake Qarun at the foot of Qatrani Mountain [1]. Built from limestone and sandstone, the…
Qasr el-Sagha
Qasr el-Sagha is an ancient Egyptian temple complex located 8 km north of Lake Qarun in Fayoum Governorate, situated on a low protrusion at the foot of Gebel Qatarany in an abandoned, inhospitable…
Qasr Qaroun Temple
Qasr Qaroun is a well-preserved Ptolemaic temple built during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus in the 3rd century BCE, located about 65 km from Fayoum city in Egypt. Dedicated to Sobek-Ra, a…
Qasr Sagha Temple
Qasr el-Sagha is an Egyptian temple complex located 8 km north of Lake Qarun in Faiyum Governorate, situated on a low protrusion at the foot of Qatrany mountain in an abandoned area [1]. The temple…
Ramesses III Temple
The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu is a well-preserved New Kingdom temple on the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt, built in the 12th century BC [1]. Covering over 7,000 m², this…
Red Pyramid
The Red Pyramid at Dahshur, built by Pharaoh Sneferu between his 22nd and 29th regnal years (c. 2590-2575 BC), is Egypt's first successfully completed true pyramid and the third largest in the…
Saqqara Necropolis
Saqqara is the largest archaeological site in Egypt, stretching approximately 7 by 1.5 km along the desert plateau some 24 km southwest of Cairo. Serving as the necropolis for the ancient capital…
Satellite Pyramid (to Bent Pyramid)
The Satellite Pyramid of the Bent Pyramid is a subsidiary structure located 55 metres south of the main Bent Pyramid at Dahshur, built during the reign of Pharaoh Sneferu (c. 2600 BC). Originally…
Serapeum of Alexandria and Pompey's Pillar
The Serapeum of Alexandria was an ancient Greek temple built by Ptolemy III Euergetes (r. 246-222 BC) and dedicated to the syncretic god Serapis, patron deity of Alexandria. The temple housed a…
Serapeum of Saqqara
The Serapeum of Saqqara was the sacred burial place of the Apis bulls, believed to be divine incarnations of the god Ptah, spanning approximately 1,400 years from the New Kingdom to the Ptolemaic…
Small Aten Temple
The Small Aten Temple (Hwt-Jtn, 'Mansion of the Aten') is a temple to the Aten located in the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna[1]. It is one of the two major temples in the city, the other being the…
Sun Temple of Niuserre (Abu Ghorab)
The Sun Temple of Niuserre at Abu Ghorab was built by the sixth ruler of the Fifth Dynasty in honor of the sun god Ra, named Shesepu-ib-re ("Delight of Ra"). The complex follows a tripartite layout…
Sun Temple of Userkaf
The Sun Temple of Userkaf (Nekhen-Re) was an ancient Egyptian temple dedicated to the sun god Ra built by Pharaoh Userkaf, founder of the Fifth Dynasty, at the beginning of the 25th century BCE[1].…
Temple of Amada
The Temple of Amada is one of the oldest Egyptian temples in Nubia, constructed during the 18th Dynasty by Pharaoh Thutmose III and dedicated to Amun-Ra and Horakhty-Ra[1]. Three generations…
Temple of Amun
The Temple of Amun is a mortuary temple complex on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt, central to the Karnak temple complex. Built during the New Kingdom period (1550-1070 BC), it was dedicated to…
Temple of Dakka
The Temple of Dakka is a Greco-Roman temple complex in Lower Nubia, Egypt, dedicated to Thoth, the god of wisdom [1]. It began as a small one-room shrine in the 3rd century BC, commissioned by…
Temple of Dedun
[1] Dedun was a Kushite or Nehasi god worshipped during ancient times in ancient Egypt and Sudan and attested as early as 2400 BC. Depicted as a lion, Dedun began as a god of incense—a luxury…
Temple of Hibis
The Temple of Hibis is the largest and best preserved ancient Egyptian temple in the Kharga Oasis[1]. Located about 2 km north of Kharga, it is the only structure in Egypt dating to the Saite-Persian…
Temple of Khnum- Esna
Temple complex in Esna, Egypt, dedicated to the god Khnum along with Neith and Heka. Construction began during the Ptolemaic period, though most surviving structures were built during Roman rule in…
Temple of Khonsu
The Temple of Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian temple located within the Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, Luxor[1]. Originally constructed by Ramesses III during the New Kingdom (c. 1186–1155 BC) on the…
Temple of Khonsuirdis
Temple complex in Upper Egypt built during the Saite Period (26th Dynasty, 664–525 BC). The temple is associated with the official Khonsuirdis, who served under King Psamtik I (r. 664–610 BC) around…
Temple of Kom Ombo
A unique double temple on the Nile at Kom Ombo in Upper Egypt, begun by Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC) and expanded by subsequent Ptolemaic rulers and Romans. Its unprecedented dual design…
Temple of Maharraqa
An unfinished Roman-era temple in Lower Nubia dedicated to Isis and Serapis, built in the late 1st century BC or early 1st century AD following Rome's annexation of Egypt. The structure consists of…
Temple of Nefertari- Abu Simbel
The Small Temple at Abu Simbel, built by Ramesses II (c. 1264-1244 BC), was dedicated to the goddess Hathor and his chief consort Queen Nefertari, only the second time in Egyptian history a temple…
Temple of Philae
The Philae temple complex is an island-based sanctuary on Agilkia Island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, Egypt. Originally located on Philae Island, the complex was dismantled and relocated…
Temple of Ptah - Garf Hussien
Temple complex in southern Egypt built during the reign of Ramesses II (c. 1279–1213 BC) by his Nubian viceroy Setau. Located on the Nile bank 90 km south of Aswan, it combines free-standing…
Temple of Ptah, Sekhmet and Nefertom
The Temple of Ptah at Karnak is a shrine within the Precinct of Amun-Re in Luxor, dedicated to the Memphite triad of Ptah, Sekhmet, and Nefertum. Built by Thutmose III over an earlier Middle Kingdom…
Temple of Ramesses II- Abu Simbel
Abu Simbel comprises two colossal rock-cut temples built by Ramesses II between 1274 and 1244 BC on the west bank of the Nile in southern Egypt. The Great Temple features four 20-metre seated figures…
Temple of Satet
Founded around 3200 BC during the late Predynastic Period, the Temple of Satet on Elephantine island was dedicated to the goddess Satet, who personified the Nile inundation[1]. The temple was…
Temple of the Revelation of Amun
The Temple of Amun at Siwa, known as the Temple of the Oracle, sits atop Aghurmi hill in Egypt's Western Desert, about 50 km from the Libyan border. Built during the 26th Dynasty (6th century BC), it…
Temple of Thutmose III
The Temple of Thutmose III at Deir el-Bahari is a mortuary temple in the central part of the Deir el-Bahari Valley, built on a rocky platform dominating earlier structures including the temples of…
Temple of Umm Ubayd
The Temple of Umm Ubayda is a 30th Dynasty Egyptian temple in the Siwa Oasis, built around 360 BC by King Nectanebo II [1]. It was the second temple dedicated to the god Amun in the oasis, located…
Thebes
Thebes was an ancient Egyptian city known to its inhabitants as Waset, situated along the Nile approximately 800 km south of the Mediterranean [1]. The ruins of Thebes now lie within the modern city…
The Black Pyramid- Pyramid of Amenemhat III (Dahshur)
The Black Pyramid at Dahshur was built by Pharaoh Amenemhat III (r. c. 1860-1814 BC) during Egypt's Middle Kingdom. Originally about 75 metres at the base and 105 metres high, its mudbrick core clad…
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid, built c. 2600 BC as the tomb of Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Khufu [1]. Construction took approximately 26 years [1]. It is the oldest of the…
The Layer Pyramid
2630 BC: The Layer Pyramid is a ruined step pyramid of the 3rd Dynasty located in the necropolis of Zawyet El Aryan[1]. Its ownership is uncertain but may belong to Pharaoh Khaba[1]. The pyramid's…
The Lost City of Heracleion
Heracleion (Thonis) was an ancient Egyptian port city at the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, 32 km northeast of Alexandria [1]. Its remains lie in Abu Qir Bay, now 7 km offshore and 5.8 m underwater [1].…
The Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II (r. 1279-1213 BC), located in the Theban Necropolis on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor. Its fallen colossus, originally 16-19…
The Temple of Horus at Edfu
The Temple of Edfu (Temple of Horus) is on the west bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt. Built in the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 237 and 57 BC, it is one of Egypt's best-preserved shrines[1]. The temple…
The Unfinished Obelisk
The Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan's granite quarry is the largest known ancient obelisk, measuring approximately 42 metres (137 ft) and weighing an estimated 1,200 tons. Commissioned by Queen…
Tomb of Queen Khentkawes I
The Tomb of Queen Khentkawes I (c. 2500 BC) is a distinctive two-stepped structure on the Giza Plateau, once called the "fourth pyramid of Giza". The lower step, measuring 45.8 x 45.5 m and 10 m…
Tomb of the Birds
The Tomb of the Birds is an ancient site in the Giza Governorate of Egypt [1]. Located beneath the Great Pyramid complex, this labyrinthine tomb site is known for the discovery of millions of…
Tombs of the Nobles
A vast necropolis on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor, containing over 415 catalogued tombs (designated TT) of powerful courtiers and officials from the 18th, 19th, and 20th Dynasties of the…
Trajan's Kiosk
Trajan's Kiosk, also known as Pharaoh's Bed, is an unfinished hypaethral temple on Agilkia Island in southern Egypt[1]. Originally constructed on Philae Island near the lower Aswan Dam, it served as…
Umm El Baragat- Tebtunis
Tebtunis was an ancient Egyptian city in Lower Egypt, founded around 1800 BCE by Twelfth Dynasty king Amenemhat III at present-day Tell Umm el-Baragat in the Faiyum Governorate[1]. The settlement…
Umm es-Sawan Ancient Basalt Quarry
An ancient quarry on Gebel el-Qatrani in Egypt's Western Desert, exploited during the 3rd millennium BC. While primarily known as a basalt quarry, it is also unique as Egypt's only known source of…
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is a royal necropolis on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor in Upper Egypt, containing 62 documented rock-cut tombs excavated for pharaohs and nobles of the 18th through…
Valley of the Queens
The Valley of the Queens is an ancient Egyptian necropolis where queens, princes, princesses, and high-ranking officials were interred from approximately 1560 BC to 1130 BC [1]. Originally called…
Valley Temple of Khafre
The Valley Temple of Khafre, built c. 2500 BC during Egypt's 4th Dynasty, is one of the best-preserved Old Kingdom temples, located at the foot of the Giza Plateau near the Great Sphinx. The…