Tourist Attractions In Aswan | Ankh | Aswan, Egypt’s sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town, has a distinctively African atmosphere. Small enough to walk’ around and graced with...

Tourist Attractions In Aswan | Ankh | Aswan, Egypt’s sunniest southern city and ancient frontier town, has a distinctively African atmosphere. Small enough to walk’ around and graced with...
Abu Simbel temples lies far to the south of the ancient borders of Egypt, in the land of Nubia. Two magnificent rock-cut temples were built here by the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses II (ca. 1304-1237...
Kom Ombo | Ankh | The site of Kom Ombo hosts the Ptolemaic Temple of Herwer (Haroeris) and Sobek, as well as a smaller, Roman-Period temple to Hathor, and a Nilometer. The Temple of Haroeris and...
Akhmim | Ankh | The town of Akhmim stands on the ruins of the ancient town of Ipu, dedicated to the fertility god Min. This town was the capital of the 9th Upper Egyptian nome, and was occupied from...
Cairo Citadel | Ankh | Cairo Citadel , or The Citadel of the Mountain (Qal‘at al-Jabal) in Cairo is one of the major works of military architecture of the middle ages. Situated on a spur that was...
Valley of the Queens | Ankh | The Valley of the Queens lies southwest of the village and temples of Medinet Habu and roughly 500 meters west of Deir el-Medina, on the west bank of the Nile in Luxor...
Medinet Habu | Ankh | This ancient site was associated with Amun in his form as a creator and fertility god, and was imagined to be the location of the primeval mound of creation. It lies directly...
The Ramesseum is the memorial temple of the great warrior king Ramesses II. One of the largest and best-preserved of these temples, this “Mansion of Millions of Years” contains the fallen...