Historic sites
Egypt's great monuments, and the stories behind them
Five thousand years of history, site by site — 20 places. Read before you go, then let one of our guides show you in person.
7 sites
Cairo & Giza
Pyramids, the Egyptian Museum, and a city that never sleeps
c. 2600–2500 BC (4th Dynasty)
Pyramids of Giza
The tombs of the pharaohs Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure — the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
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c. 2500 BC (4th Dynasty)
The Great Sphinx
A lion with a king's head, carved straight out of the bedrock of the Giza plateau — the largest monolithic statue of the ancient world.
Read the historyOpened in full in November 2025
Grand Egyptian Museum
One of the largest archaeological museums in the world, built to display Tutankhamun's treasures together for the first time.
Read the historyOpened 1902
Egyptian Museum (Tahrir)
The historic home of Egyptology — more than a century of discoveries crammed into a grand pink building on Tahrir Square.
Read the historyc. 2670 BC onwards
Saqqara & the Step Pyramid
The vast cemetery of ancient Memphis, home to Djoser's Step Pyramid — Egypt's first pyramid and one of the oldest large stone buildings in the world.
Read the historyFrom AD 969
Islamic Cairo & the Citadel
A thousand years of mosques, madrasas, gates and markets — one of the richest collections of Islamic architecture anywhere.
Read the historyRoman fortress, churches from the 4th–7th centuries onwards
Coptic Cairo
Cairo's oldest quarter: a Roman fortress enclosing ancient churches, a historic synagogue and the Coptic Museum.
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Luxor & Aswan
The open-air museum of the Nile Valley
c. 2000 BC – 1st century AD
Karnak Temple
The largest religious complex of the ancient world, built and rebuilt by pharaohs for about 2,000 years in honour of the god Amun-Ra.
Read the historyc. 1390–1213 BC, with later additions
Luxor Temple
An elegant temple in the heart of Luxor, joined to Karnak by the 3-km Avenue of Sphinxes and beautifully lit at night.
Read the historyc. 1550–1070 BC (New Kingdom)
Valley of the Kings
The hidden royal cemetery of the New Kingdom — more than 60 tombs cut deep into the hills, their walls painted with guides to the afterlife.
Read the historyc. 1479–1458 BC
Temple of Hatshepsut
The terraced mortuary temple of Egypt's most successful female pharaoh, set dramatically against the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari.
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Ptolemaic period, c. 237–57 BC (Edfu)
Edfu & Kom Ombo Temples
Two temples on the Nile cruise route: Edfu, the best-preserved temple in Egypt, and the double temple of Kom Ombo above the river.
Read the historyc. 1264–1244 BC
Abu Simbel
Ramses II's two colossal rock-cut temples, saved from Lake Nasser in the 1960s by one of history's great rescue projects.
Read the historyc. 380 BC – AD 6th century
Philae Temple
The island temple of the goddess Isis, reached by boat — the last stronghold of ancient Egyptian religion.
Read the history2 sites
North Coast
Marsa Matrouh, El Alamein & the turquoise Mediterranean
1942 (Second World War)
El-Alamein War Memorials & Museum
The cemeteries and museum of the desert battles that turned the tide of the Second World War in North Africa.
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Founded 331 BC
Alexandria
Alexander the Great's city: home of the ancient Lighthouse and Library, and Egypt's gateway to the Mediterranean.
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Sinai & the Red Sea
Sharm El Sheikh, Dahab, Saint Catherine & world-class reefs
Built AD 548–565
St. Catherine's Monastery
One of the oldest working Christian monasteries in the world, guarding the site of the Burning Bush and a remarkable library of ancient manuscripts.
Read the historySacred since antiquity
Mount Sinai (Jebel Musa)
The mountain where tradition says Moses received the Ten Commandments — climbed at night to watch the sunrise from the summit.
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Protected since 1983
Ras Mohammed National Park
Egypt's first national park, where the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba meet — famous for coral walls, sharks and shoals of fish.
Read the historyNatural wonder
The Blue Hole, Dahab
A deep, round sinkhole in the reef just off the shore — beautiful for snorkelling, and famous among freedivers.
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