Edfu is a historical town most famous for the sandstone Temple of Horus that was built here between 237 BC and 57 BC. Of all the temple ruins in Egypt, this is the best preserved, with beautiful inscriptions on the temple walls that provide important information on language, myth and religion in ancient Egypt.
Karnak Temple lay buried under sand for more than 1,000 years before excavation work began in the mid...
ExploreLuxor Temple is a remarkably delicate work of architecture, originally built by Pharaoh Amenophis and...
ExploreLuxor Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt. It stands on the corniche,...
ExploreThis temple is dedicated to the Goddess Isis, with the oldest sections dating back to between 380 BC...
ExplorePresented to Lord Kitchener in the 1890s as a reward for leading the Egyptian army's successful campaigns...
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...
ExploreThe Valley of the Queens or Ta-Set-Neferu: the Place of Beauty is located nearby the Valley of the Kings...
ExploreThis temple has a unique double design that has to be seen to be believed, with duplicate courts, halls...
ExploreThis extraordinary monument rises out of the desert plain against a mountainous backdrop in a series...
ExploreThis site is made up of more than 400 tombs of nobles and high officials. Overlooking the Nile River,...
ExploreThe site of 63 tombs that were built between the 11th and 16th centuries. In modern times, the Valley...
ExploreThis spectacular feat of engineering was built between 1960 and 1971, and measures 3,830 metres long,...
ExploreThe Abu Simbel temples or Nubian Monuments were part of a UNESCO relocation project following the construction...
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