Egypt tourist attractions - Ancient and Modern
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Hurghada
Since the 1980s, Hurghada has become the principal bathing
resort on the Red Sea, visited by American, European and Arabs. Holiday
villages and first class hotels provide excellent aquatic sport facilities.
What used to be a small fishing village is now a fully developed resort
that...
The
Red Sea Coast
The Red Sea coast is famed for its crystal clear blue waters
and exotic marine life, attracting thousands of tourists yearly. The
reputation is well deserved - in 1989, an international panel of scientists
picked the north part of the Red Sea as one of the Seven Underwater...
Valley
of the Kings
Soon after the defeat of the Hyksos and the reunification of
Egypt under Ahmose I, the Theban rulers realized the need for a new
royal necropolis.The idea of pyramid tombs was abandoned, robberies
being one...
Cairo
- City of the Thousand Minarets
Cairo is the largest city in Africa and Egypt's most populous
city. Its official name is Al-Qahira, although the name informally used
by most Egyptians is "Masr". The capital of the Arab Republic
of Egypt has a population of about 7.7 million people, while its metropolitan
area encompasses...
Luxor
Luxor is the premier travel destination in Upper (southern)
Egypt and the Nile Valley. In antiquity, the city, known as Thebes by
the greeks, was the dynastic and religious capital of Middle Kingdom
and New Kingdom Egypt. Today, it has much to offer the traveler, from
vast temples, to ancient royal...
Abydos
Abydos is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, about
11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile. The Egyptian name was Abdju, "the
hill of the symbol or reliquary," in which the sacred head of Osiris
was preserved. The Greeks named it Abydos, like the city on the Hellespont;
the modern Arabic name is el-'Araba el Madfuna. Considered one of...
Sharm-el-Sheikh
Sharm el-Sheikh is located on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, at
the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. It is known as The City of
Peace referring to the large number of international peace conferences
that have been held there. During occupation, the Israelis opened the
first tourist-oriented...
Alexandria
Alexandria is Egypt's second largest city and the country's
window on the Mediterranean Sea. The city is a faded shade of its former
glorious cosmopolitan self, but still worth a visit for its many cultural
attractions and memories of a glorious past. It remains an important
city, as Egypt's chief seaport on the Mediterranean...
Siwa
Oasis
The Siwa Oasis is located between the Qattara Depression and
the Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan Desert, approximately 50 km east
of the Libyan border, and some 560 km from Cairo. About 80 km in length
and 20 km wide, it is one of Egypt's most isolated settlements, home
to about 23,000 people, the majority of whom...
Dendera
Dendera is an archaeological locality in Egypt just outside
the town of Qena (62 km north of Luxor) in the region of Middle Egypt.
The Dendera Temple complex which contains the Temple of Hathor is one
of the best, if not the best, preserved temple in all Egypt. The whole
complex covers some 40,000 square meters and...
Egypt
Sahara
Desert travel in the Sahara is challenging but can be immensely
rewarding. This short guide to travelling in the southwest desert of
Egypt assumes that you are considering making a tour to the area. Desert
travel in Egypt is fabulous, and it is even better if you have a few
basic guidelines to help you make the most of it.
Beni
Hasan
Beni Hasan is a small village and an important archaeological
locality in Middle Egypt, some 20 km south of the city of Minya. Located
on the eastern bank of the river Nile, the small but interesting site
consists of cliff-hewn tombs overlooking the river valley with truly
magnificent...
Dahab
Dahab is a small village situated on the south eastern coast
of the Sinai Peninsula. Formerly a Bedouin fishing village, most visitors
have been backpackers traveling independently and staying in hostels
in the Masbet area. In recent years, new international chain-hotels
in the Medina area...
Aswan
Aswan is where Egypt travelers go for relaxation, besides shopping
and sightseeing. About 680 km (425 miles) south of Cairo, just below
the Dam and Lake Nasser, Aswan is the smallest of the three major tourist
cities based on the Nile. You feel you have reached Africa (as most
westerners imagine the continent), mainly because...
Tel
el Amarna
Tel el Amarna is the only ancient Egyptian city for which we
have great details of its internal plan, in large part because the city
was abandoned shortly after the death of Akhenaten and remained uninhabited
thereafter. However, due to the unique circumstances of its creation
and abandonment, it is questionable how representative of...
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Philae
Temple
The Philae Temple was constructed over
a three-century period, by the Greek Ptolemaic dynasty and the Roman
Principate. The principal deity of the temple complex was Isis, but
other temples and shrines were dedicated to her son Horus and the goddess
Hathor. Philae Temple In Ptolemaic times Hathor was associated with
Isis, who was in turn associated...
Abu
Simbel
Abu Simbel is an archaeological site comprising two massive
rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about
290 km southwest of Aswan. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site
known as the "Nubian Monuments", which run from Abu Simbel
downriver to Philae (near Aswan). The twin temples were...
The
Pyramids of Giza
The Giza pyramids stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts
of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient monuments is located some eight
km inland into the desert from the old town of Giza on the Nile, some
20 km...
Saqqara
The Egyptian Step Pyramid of Djoser was built for the burial
of Pharaoh Djoser by his Vizier Imhotep. It was constructed during the
27th century BC at the Saqqara necropolis. This first Egyptian pyramid
consisted of six mastabas (of decreasing size) built atop one another
in what were clearly revisions and developments of the original plan.
The pyramid...
Alabaster
Mosque
The Alabaster Mosque of Muhammad Ali is the most popular Islamic
mosque among Egypt travelers, because of its grandeur and its location
at the Citadel in Cairo,
making it the most visible of Islamic monuments in Cairo. It was built
during the first half of the 19th century. Muhammad Ali Pasha, viceroy...
