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Sites in Egypt

Arab/Muslim History

Alexandria
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, Mosque of
Kom el-Dekka
Mostafa Kamel Graveyard
Muntazah Complex
Qaitbey, Fort of (The Citadel of Qaitbey
Shatby Tomb
Terbana Mosque

Aswan
Aga Khan Mausoleum

Cairo
al-Azab, Bab
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa/Mausoleum
Amr Ibn El-Aas, Mosque of
An-Nasir Mohammed Mosque
An-Nasr (Victory Gate), Bab
Aqsunqur or Blue Mosque
As-Salih Talai Mosque
Attarine Mosque -Alexandria
Aytmishi Mosque
Baybars El-Jashankir Khanqa
Citadel
El-Aqmar Mosque (Gray Mosque)
El-Futuh (Gate of Conquest), Bab
El-Gawhara el-Lala Mosque
El-Ghuri Mausoleum
El-Ghuri Mosque
El-Ghuri Wakala
El-Hakim Mosque
El-Hussein Mosque
El-Ishaqi Mosque
El-Mu'ayyad Mosque (Red Mosque)
Harem Palace
Hassan Sadaqa Mausoleum
Ibn Tulun Mosque
Kamilya Medersa
Katkhuda, Sabil-Kottb of
Khan el-Khalili
Mohammad Ali (Alabaster) Mosque
Musafirkhana Palace
Qaitbay Medersa
Qaitbay Wakala
Qanibey Emir Akhur Medersa
Refa'i Mosque
Sangar Salar Mosque and Mausoleum
Sarghatmish Medersa
Sayyida Zeinab Mosque
Sheikhu Mosque
Suleyman Aga El-Silahdar Mosque
Suleyman Pasha Mosque
Sultan Barquq Complex
Sultan Hassan Mosque & Madrasa
Sultan Qala'un, Complex of
Taghri Bardi Medersa
Zuwayla, Bab

Fayoum
Hanging Mosque
Kwawand Asla-Bey, Mosque of

Sinai
Geziret Fara'un
Sinai, Mount

Other Locations
Al-Qasr Village Dakhla

Christan Churches and Monasteries

  • Cairo
    Abu Serga (St. Sergius), Church of
    Hanging Church
    Saint Barbara's Church (Sitt Barbara)
    Saint George (Keniset Mari Girgis), Church of
    Saint George (Mari Girgis), Greek Church of

    Wadi Natrun
    Deir Abu Magar (Monastery of St. Macarius)
    Deir Al Anba Bishay (Monastery of St. Pschoi)
    Deir Al Baramus (Monastery of the Romans)
    Deir Al Suryan Monastery
    The Kellia Hermitages - Near Wadi Natrun

    Sohag
    Deir el-Abyad (The White Monastery)
    Deir Amba Bishoi (The Red Monastery)

    Saqqara
    Saint Jeremiah, Monastery of

    Sinai
    Sinai, Mount

    Other Locations
    Abu-Menas Monastery - Karm Abu Menas
    Arcadius, Basiclica of - Karm Abu Menas
    Deir Abu Hennes - Mallawi
    Deir al-Muharraq - El-Qusiya
    Enaton Monastery - El-Kikheila
    Enaton Monastery - El-Kikheila
    Saint Anthony's Monastery - Red Sea
    Saint Catherine's Monastery - Sinai
    Saint Marcos Church - Alexandria
    Saint. Paul's Monastery - Red Sea
    Saint. Simeon's Monastery - Aswan
    St. Mary, Monastery of (Deir Dronka) - Assuit
    St. Samuel, Monastery of - Fayoum
    Tegran Necropolis - Alexandria
    Thermal Basilica - Karm Abu Menas
    Virgin, Monastery of the -Minya

    Jewish Temples

    Ben Ezer's Temple

    Pharaonic Monuments

    Alexandria
    Alexandria, Egypt's Submerged Monuments
    Anfushi Tombs
    Catacombs of Kom es-Shouqafa
    Caesareum (Temple of Augustus)

    Saqqara
    Early Kingdom Mastabas
    Saqqara
    Saqqara, South

    Thebes
    Asasif Necropolis
    Nobles, Tombs of the
    Valley of the Kings, Area of
    Valley of the Queens, Area of

    Other Locations
    Abusir, Pyramids of, Abusir
    Al-Ashmunayn and Tunah Al-Gabel, Minya
    Al-Mizawaka, Dakhla
    Asyut, Necropolis of, Aysut
    Bahariya Oasis, Tombs of
    Bashendi Village, Dakhla( Includes Islamic cemetery)
    Beni Hassan al-Shurrug, Mallawi
    Dahshur Pyramid Field
    Dishasha Necropolis, Biba
    El Kab, El Mahamid
    Elephantine Island, Aswan
    el-Medina, Necropolis of Deir- Luxor
    Giza, Area of, Cairo
    Jebelein, Tod
    Lisht (Amenemhet I and Senwosret I Pyramids)
    Meir, El-Qusiya
    Naga el-Deir Necropolis
    Naqada
    Nobles, Tombs of the, Aswan
    Tuna el-Jebel, Mallawi
    Valley of the Golden Mummies, Bahariya Oasis

    Pyramids and Temples

    Abusir
    Khentkaues, Pyramid of
    Neferefre, Pyramid of
    Neferirkare, Pyramid of
    Niuserre, Pyramid of
    Sahure, Pyramid of
    Unattested Pyramids of Abusir

    Abu Rawash
    Djedefre, Pyramid of
    Lepsius Pyramid #1

    Dahshur
    Amenemhet II, Pyramid of
    Amenemhet III, Pryamid of
    Ameny Kemau, Pyramid of
    Senusret III, Pyramid of
    Snefru, Pyramid of (Bent)
    Snofru, Pyramid of (Red Pyramid)

    Fayoum Region
    Amenemhet I, Pyramid of at Lisht
    Amenemhat III (the Labyrinth), Pyramid of - Fayoum
    Senusret I, Pyramid of at Lisht
    Senwosret II, Pyramid of - El Lahun
    Snofru, Pyramid of - Maidum

    Giza
    Cheops, Pyramid of
    Chephren, Pyramid of
    Menkaure, Pyramid Complex of
    Three Minor Pyramids

    Saqqara
    Djoser, Step Pyramid of
    Idut I and Khuit Queens Pyramids
    Sekhemkhet, Pyramid of
    Teti, Pyramid of
    Unas, Pyramid of
    Userkaf, Pyramid of

    South Saqqara
    Djedkare, Pyramid of
    Khendjer, Pyramid of
    Merenre, Pyramid of
    Pepi I, Pyramid of
    Pepi I's Queens, Pyramids of
    Pepi II, Pyramid of
    Pepi II's Queens, Pyramids of
    Unknown Queen, Pyramid of
    Unattested Pyramid

    Temples and Chapels

    Fayoum
    Dionysias, Temple of
    Sobek, Temple Dedicated to

    Saqqara
    Abu Ghurab, Sun Temple of
    Amenhotep III, Temple of - West Bank, Luxor

    Luxor
    Deir el Bahari, Temple of
    Horus, Temples of (at Thoth Hill)
    Karnak, Temple of
    Luxor, Temple of
    Mentuhotep II, Mortuary Temple of
    Merenptah, Mortuary Temple of
    Ramesses III, Temple of
    Ramesses III, Temple of
    Seti I Temple of Millions of Years
    Thutmose III, Temple of Amun at Deir el-Bahari

    Nubia
    Abu Simbel
    Kalabsha Temple
    Philae (Now on Agilika Island), Temple of
    Qertassi, Kiosk of

    Other Locations
    Abydos, Temple of, Abydos (El Balyana)
    Aghurmi Temple and the Oracle of Amun, Siwa
    Al-Ghuwaytah, Temple of, Kharga Oasis
    Al-Hager, Temple of Deir, Dakhla Oasis
    Al-Zayyan Temple, Kharga
    Artemidos, Speos of, Mallawi
    Dendera, Temple of, Dendera
    Dush, Temple of, Kharga
    el-Amarna, Tell, Deir Mawas
    Hibis, Temple of, Kharga
    Horemheb, Speos of, Kom Ombb
    Horus, Temple of, Edfu
    Khnum, Temple of, Isna
    Kom-Ombo, Temple of, Kom-Ombo
    Ramesses II, Temple of, Minya
    Sarabit al-Khadim, Temple and Mines of, Sinai
    Sun Temples of the 5th Dynasty (Userkaf and Niuserre), Abusir & Abu Ghurob
    Taposiris Magna, Temple of, Alexandria

    Tombs

    Animal Tombs
    Serapeum - Saqqara

    Saqqara
    Ankh-mahor, Tomb of
    Kagemni, Tomb of
    Mereruka, Tomb of
    Nebet, Tomb of Queen
    Persian Shafts
    Ptah-hotep, Tomb of
    Ti, Tomb of

    West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes)
    Amenhotep II, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Amenmesses, Tomb of and King, Valley of the Kings
    Ay, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Benia (Pahekmen), Private Tomb of
    Horemheb, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Inherkhau, Tomb of Foreman, Deir el Medina Necropolis
    Khaemhat, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
    Khaemwaset, Tomb of, Valley of the Queens
    Kheruef, Private Tomb of, Asasif
    KV 39, The Tomb of Amenhotep I?, Valley of the Kings
    Menna, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
    Merneptah, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Nakht, Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
    Nefertari, Tomb of, Valley of the Queens
    Pashedu, Tomb of, Deir el Medina Necropolis
    Ramesses I, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great), Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Ramesses II's Sons, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Ramesses III, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Ramesses IV, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Ramesses VI, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Ramesses IX, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Ramose, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
    Rekhmire, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
    Sennedjem, Private Tomb of, Deir el Medina Necropolis
    Seti I, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Tausert and Setnakht, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Tutankhamen (King Tut), Tomb of
    Thutmose III, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Thutmose IV, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
    Userhat, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
    Yuya and Tjuyu, Private Tomb of, Valley of the Kings

    Other Locations
    bi Saleh, Tomb of

    Towns and Cities

    Akhmim (Ipu)
    Antinoe - Mallawi
    Tell Basta (Bubastis, Per Bastet)
    Buto (Modern Tell el-Farien) - Nile Delta
    Crocodilopolis - Fayoum
    Giza Worker's Village
    Heliopolis, Egypt's Iunu
    Heracleum: The Legendary Submerged City
    Hermopolis (at Ashmunein) - Mallawi
    Kahun, Middle Kingdom Workers' Village
    Karanis - Fayoum
    Deir el-Medina
    Medinet Habu
    Memphis, Area of- Cairo
    Naukratis - Nile Delta
    Nekhen, Greek Hierakonpolis
    Ancient Pi-Ramesse (Modern Qantir)
    Qaou el Kebir - Badari
    Sais (Sa el-Hagar)
    Tanis (El-Hagar)
    Thebes

    Other Monuments

    Abaster Sphinx - Saqqara
    Amenhotep, Palace of - Thebes
    Babylon, Fort of - Cairo
    Colossi of Memnon - Thebes
    Colossus of Ramesses - Saqqara
    Al-Deir - Kharga Oasis (monument to Christian, Islamic & British Periods also)
    Joseph's or Yusif's Well - Cairo
    Pompey's Pillar - Alexandria
    The Ravine of Inscriptions :Ancient Rock Quarries - Sinai
    Roman Theatre - Alexandria
    Silsila - Kom Ombo
    Sphinx, Great - Giza
    Unfinished Obelisk - Aswan
    al-Wali, Beit - Nubia

    Museums

    Cairo
    Abdeen Palace Museum Complex
    Ahmed Shawki Museum
    Beshtak Palace
    Carriage Museum
    Child Museum
    Coptic Museum
    Egyptian Antiquities Museum
    Gayer-Anderson Museum
    Gezira Center for Modern Art
    Islamic Ceramics, Museum of
    Kasr (Qasr) El-Gawhara (Jewel Palace)
    al-Kritliyya, Bayt
    Manyal Palace
    Military Museum
    Mohamed Nagy Museum
    Mukhtar Museum
    Postal Museum
    Qasr Al-Eini Museum (Medical)
    Rail Museum
    Al-Suhaymi, Bayt
    Taha Hussein Museum
    El-Umma (House of the People), Bayt
    Mohamed Khalil, Museum of - Giza

    Alexandria
    Graeco-Roman Museum
    Royal Jewelry Museum

    Other Locations
    Denshway Museum, Menofeya Governorate
    Ismailia Museum, Ismailia
    Karanis Site Museum, Fayoum
    Kharga Museum, El Kharga
    Marine Museum, Hurghada
    Military Museum, Port Said
    Modern Art, Museum of, Port Said
    National Museum, Port Said
    Nubian Museum, Aswan
    Pharaonic Village, Jacob Island

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