Things to see in Egypt

1,020 places worth seeing in Egypt on an illustrated map: Great Pyramid of Giza, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Abu Simbel, The Great Sphinx and Egyptian Museum, and more. Zoom in and watch the landmarks, museums, nature and fun appear.

Highlights

  1. Great Pyramid of Giza The oldest, the largest in Egypt, and the last surviving representative of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built to a height
  2. Lighthouse of Alexandria Lighthouse in Egypt, built in the 3rd century BC and destroyed in the Middle Ages.
  3. Abu Simbel Carved out of a mountain between 1274 BC and 1244 BC, but lost to the world until it was rediscovered in 1813 by Swiss explorer Jean Louis B
  4. The Great Sphinx Like pyramids, sphinxes (ancient and modern) are found in many lands; this one is specifically the Great Sphinx of Giza. It's a single block
  5. Egyptian Museum Much of its collections were moved to the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2022.
  6. Luxor Temple Largely the work of Amenhotep III and Ramsses II the Great (whose colossi and obelisk stand at the entrance). Also to be seen is the small "
  7. Pyramid of Djoser This structure marks the transition between the bench-like mastaba style of burial and the true pyramid shape (first seen at Dahshur).
  8. Pyramid of Khafre Khafre was the son and successor of Khufu. His pyramid (at 136 m) is slightly smaller than the Great Pyramid, but it's set on higher ground
  9. Bibliotheca Alexandrina A huge modern library and research centre constructed on the site of the ancient Library of Alexandria. Wonderful display of ancient texts o
  10. Grand Egyptian Museum The Grand Egyptian Museum is the primary replacement for the venerable Egyptian Museum in Midan Tahrir, with much bigger exhibition, storage
  11. Pyramid of Menkaure Menkaure was probably the son and successor of Khafre. His pyramid is the smallest here at 62 m high, originally 66.5 m. Entry to the interi
  12. Valley of the Queens Ancient Egyptian necropolis.
  13. Temple of Edfu This complex is the best-preserved ancient temple in Egypt. The sun-deity Horus, usually depicted as a falcon or as a falcon-headed man, was
  14. tomb of Tutankhamun KV62 may be the most famous of the tombs in the Valley, the scene of Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of the almost intact royal burial of the
  15. Mosque of Ibn Tulun Raised in 877 by the Abbasid governor, this mosque has a style reminiscent of the Samarra mosque in Iraq, quite different from other Egyptia
  16. Deir el-Bahari A complex of mortuary temples and tombs. The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, it was constructed d
  17. Bubastis The ruins of the ancient sacred city of Bastet, the cat goddess. There are ruins of temples and catacombs of sacred cats.
  18. Colossi of Memnon Two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, who reigned in the 18th Dynasty.
  19. Red Pyramid Also named the Red Pyramid of Sneferu is Egypt's oldest true pyramid (without steps, without bends), probably on account of the red hues of
  20. Bent Pyramid Very aptly named, on account of its sudden, startling change in angle halfway up the pyramid, from the steep 54 degrees at the base, to a fa
  21. Al-Azhar Mosque Founded in 970, al-Azhar is one of Cairo's oldest mosques and the world's oldest operating university.
  22. Ramesseum The site of the Ramesseum includes the fallen colossal statue of the pharaoh that inspired the sonnet Ozymandias by Shelley, now the focus o
  23. Mosque of Amr ibn al-As The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As was built (in Fustat) in 642, as Cairo's first mosque, following the Arab conquest of Egypt. It has been rebuilt
  24. Muhammad Ali Mosque Built inside the Citadel by the famous Egyptian regent Mohammed Ali between 1830 and 1848, and site of his tomb.
  25. Dendera Temple complex Beautiful interior. There are no restrictions on picture taking.
  26. Umm el-Qa'ab The necropolis of the Early Dynastic Period kings, pharaohs of the 1st Dynasty of Egypt and the last two kings of the 2nd Dynasty, a site of
  27. Pyramid of Neferirkare Standing 45 m now in a partially ruined state, the Pyramids of Neferirkare closely resembles the Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, unintent
  28. mortuary temple of Hatshepsut One of the more impressive sights on the West Bank and different to most other temples in Egypt. Beautifully located at the foot of the moun
  29. Temple of Kom Ombo An unusual double Temple of Sobek and of Haroeris built in the reign of Ptolemy VI (186-147 BC); there were earlier shrines but little remai
  30. Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan Finished in 1363, this mosque was raised by the Mamluk Sultan Hassan and lying below the citadel and next to the much more recent rifaii mos
  31. Pyramid of Sahure The northernmost pyramid at Abusir and located closest to the entrance to the site, the Pyramid of Sahure (pronounced "Sa-who-ray") - the se
  32. El-Mursi Abul Abbas Mosque Built in 1775 by Algerians, the mosque was built over the tomb of the famous 13th century Sufi saint, Ahmed Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. The walls
  33. Cairo Tower A distinctive landmark visible from most of downtown Cairo, the Cairo Tower was completed in 1961 and reaches a height of 187 m. Great day a
  34. City of the Dead A Islamic necropolis and cemetery made of regular houses and wall but without roofs, inside of which and between still people are living.
  35. KV8 The son of Ramesses the Great, Merneptah's tomb has suffered greatly from flash flooding of the Valley over the millennia. Those paintings a
  36. Medinet Habu A remarkable temple built by Ramses III that gets relatively few visitors. If you do not want to enter but simply walk around the temple and
  37. Hanging Church This church was built in 690, upon two bastions of the Roman fortress. Its nave is suspended over a passageway. Its wooden roof is supposedl
  38. Al-Hakim Mosque One of the largest Fatimid mosques in Cairo. It was originally decreed in 990 by the famously eccentric caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ("Ruler
  39. KV17 It is the longest, and one of the best decorated tombs in the valley.
  40. KV9 The KV9 tomb was started by Ramesses V, but usurped after his death by his successor Ramesses VI, who enlarged the tomb and had his own imag
  41. Al-Hussein Mosque One of the most sacred Islamic sites in the country and the Middle East, the mosque hosts the shrine in which the head of Ibn al-Hussein, th
  42. Pompey's Pillar An ancient monument, this 25-m-high granite column was constructed in honor of the Emperor Diocletian in AD 297. The confined area where the
  43. Mastabet el-Fara'un Ancient Egyptian mastaba tomb.
  44. Pyramid of Amenemhat III This pyramid looks like an ordinary steep hill from apart but it is made of millions of regular black mud bricks. Its state is deteriorating
  45. Abdeen Palace About 1 km east of Midan El-Tahrir, it was the royal residence until the Egyptian monarchy was deposed in 1952.
  46. KV34 One of the most remote tombs in the Valley, at the far end of the Valley and up several flights of steps to gain entry. The climb is worth i
  47. Pyramid of Nyuserre Ini Easily the most ruinous of the 'complete' pyramids at Abusir. Nyuserre was the son of pharaoh Neferirkare and usurped the causeway of his fa
  48. Luxor Museum A small but quality collection of antiquities, mainly from the Luxor region. Includes most of the remarkable collection of pharaonic statuar
  49. Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III A remarkable temple built by Ramses III that gets relatively few visitors. If you do not want to enter but simply walk around the temple and
  50. KV14 A joint tomb, used originally by Seti II's wife Twosret, and then reused and extended by Setnakhte, the father of Ramses III. It has been op

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