Sakkara (Saqqara) (Cairo)
Sakkara is one section of the great necropolis of Memphis, the Old Kingdom capital and the kings of ...
Sphinx (Cairo)
The Sphinx, one of most famous monuments in the world, has the body of lion and the face of a man. l ...
St. Catherine's Monastery (Sharm El Sheik)
The Monastery of St. Catherine is located in the Sinai Peninsula and lies in the foothills of Moses& ...
Suez Canal (Cairo)
The idea of linking the Mediterranean and Red sea first occurred during the Pharaonic age. Pharaohs ...
Sultan Barquq Complex (Cairo)
Next door to the al-Nasir complex and near the Sultan Qala'un
complex is the Sultan Barquq comp ...
Sultan Hassan Mosque (Cairo)
The Sultan Hassan Mosque and madrasa (School) is considered stylistically the most compact and unifi ...
Sultan Hassan Mosque and Citadel (Cairo)
The Sultan Hassan Mosque and madrasa (School) is considered stylistically the most compact and unifi ...
Temple of Kom Ombo (Luxor)
The temple at Kom Ombo is about 30 miles (48 km) north of Aswan and was built on a hillside overlook ...
Temple of Luxor (Luxor)
The Temple of Luxor was the location of the most important festival in Thebes, the festival of Opet. ...
Temple of Philae (Aswan)
This beautiful temple was dedicated to the goddess Isis. After it was overflooded by the Nile, the ...
Temple of Queen Hatshepsut (Luxor)
The mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut is one of the most dramatically situated in the world. The q ...
Temples of Karnak (Luxor)
The Temples of Karnak were the main place of worship in Thebian times. The Temple of Karnak is actua ...
Theban Necropolis (Luxor)
The Theban Necropolis, located a little outside of Luxor, is a very
impressive Pharonic monument.
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Tombs of the Nobles (Luxor)
Close to the Valley of the Kings lie the Tombs of their Nobles. Powerful men who ran the government ...
Unfinished Obelisk (Aswan)
This damaged obelisk would have been the world’s largest piece of stone
Handled, had a crack in the ...
Valley of the Kings (Luxor)
The Valley of the Kings, on the West Bank of the Nile, is the burial ground of the great Pharaohs of ...
Valley of the Kings - KV5 (Luxor)
“Now, Usihe and Patwere have stripped stones from above the tomb of Osiris King (Rameses II), the gr ...
Valley of the Queens (Luxor)
There are between 75 and 80 tombs in the Valley of the Queens, or Biban al-Harim. These belong to Q ...