UNESCO World Heritage Egypt

We decided to take a trip to Egypt to see the ancient sights. Our first stop was Cairo, where we spent a…

General Philae is the Greek name of one of the most celebrated sanctuaries of the ancient Nile valley: the island temple complex…

General Abu Simbel is the name given to two rock-cut temples of Ramesses II on the western bank of Lake Nasser in…

General The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Djeser-Djeseru (“the Holy of Holies”, the “house of millions of years” of the female king Maatkare…

General The Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens are the two royal burial grounds of the Theban Necropolis,…

General Lake Qarun (Birket Qarun in Arabic) is a natural salt lake occupying the northern and lowest part of the Faiyum depression,…

General Dahshur is the southernmost of the great Memphite pyramid fields, a royal necropolis on the western desert plateau of the Nile…

General Saqqara is the great necropolis of ancient Memphis, spread over the limestone plateau of the western desert edge, some thirty kilometres…

General The Giza pyramid complex stands on the desert edge of the Giza Plateau, on the west bank of the Nile within…