Egypt's southernmost city, Aswan is located 240 kilometres along the River Nile from Luxor. At Aswan, the desert touches the banks of the Nile River and the waters are dotted with islands. Aswan was historically an important trading town and remains a bustling marketplace.
This ancient Egyptian village was home to the artisans who worked on the tombs in the Valley of the...
ExploreKarnak Temple lay buried under sand for more than 1,000 years before excavation work began in the mid...
ExploreThe Temple of Seti I or the Great Temple of Abydos contains an ancient inscription known as the Abydos...
ExploreThis temple is dedicated to the Goddess Isis, with the oldest sections dating back to between 380 BC...
ExploreLuxor Temple is a remarkably delicate work of architecture, originally built by Pharaoh Amenophis and...
ExploreMedinet Habu is second only to Karnak Temple in size and detail. It is probably best known for its decorated...
ExploreThese two seated, enthroned statues tower 18 metres into the sky. They are the first monuments visitors...
ExploreThis temple has a unique double design that has to be seen to be believed, with duplicate courts, halls...
ExploreThe site of 63 tombs that were built between the 11th and 16th centuries. In modern times, the Valley...
ExploreThe Abu Simbel temples or Nubian Monuments were part of a UNESCO relocation project following the construction...
ExploreThis spectacular feat of engineering was built between 1960 and 1971, and measures 3,830 metres long,...
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