Thebes.

Egypt's southernmost city, Aswan is located 240 kilometres along the River Nile from Luxor. At Aswan,...

The Dendera temple complex spans 40,000 square metres on the banks of the Nile. Within the formidable...

Karnak Temple lay buried under sand for more than 1,000 years before excavation work began in the mid...

Luxor Temple is a remarkably delicate work of architecture, originally built by Pharaoh Amenophis and...

Luxor Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor (ancient Thebes), Egypt. It stands on the corniche,...

This temple is dedicated to the Goddess Isis, with the oldest sections dating back to between 380 BC...

Edfu is a historical town most famous for the sandstone Temple of Horus that was built here between 237...

Presented to Lord Kitchener in the 1890s as a reward for leading the Egyptian army's successful campaigns...

Medinet Habu is second only to Karnak Temple in size and detail. It is probably best known for its decorated...

These two seated, enthroned statues tower 18 metres into the sky. They are the first monuments visitors...

The Valley of the Queens or Ta-Set-Neferu: the Place of Beauty is located nearby the Valley of the Kings...

This temple has a unique double design that has to be seen to be believed, with duplicate courts, halls...

This extraordinary monument rises out of the desert plain against a mountainous backdrop in a series...

This site is made up of more than 400 tombs of nobles and high officials. Overlooking the Nile River,...

The site of 63 tombs that were built between the 11th and 16th centuries. In modern times, the Valley...

This spectacular feat of engineering was built between 1960 and 1971, and measures 3,830 metres long,...

The Abu Simbel temples or Nubian Monuments were part of a UNESCO relocation project following the construction...