The Colossi of Memnon, which are on the western coast of Luxor, are some of the most well-known and beautiful buildings from the Pharaonic era. The two huge statues called The Colossi of Memnon are all that are left of Amenhotep III's funeral complex near Medinet Habu.
The dramatic mountain setting at Deir al-Bahri is a beautiful backdrop for the Temple of Hatshepsut's Tomb. During the 18th Dynasty, Queen Hatshepsut's architect Senenmut built a beautiful structure. It is made up of a series of beautiful terraces that rise from the desert plain After Ramses II and his successors destroyed the temple, Christians turned it into a monastery.
During the time of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom, Egypt's capital was Luxor, where the temple of Karnak is now. This ancient Egyptian temple wasn't always called Karnak. It used to be called the northern House of god Amun, just like the southern House of god Amun at the Temple of Luxor. The city of Palaces, also known as…
The Kom Ombo temple is on the east bank of the Nile, about 40 km north of Aswan. It is on a small hill made of stone and sand. The stories about how it was built and how it was destroyed are just as interesting as the amazing Ptolemaic architecture Kom Ombo is a misspelling of Ombos, an ancient Egyptian…
The city of Luxor in Egypt was built on the ruins of Waset which was the capital of the New Kingdom and the seat of the Fourth Nome of Upper Egypt. The Greeks changed the name of Waset to Thebes (the Greek city). It is on the eastern bank of the Nile, about 200 kilometers north of the first waterfall…
The Luxor Museum is a museum that has been thoughtfully constructed, and it has an impressive collection of sculptures and artifacts from tombs and temples located in the Luxor region. You can locate it between the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak on the Corniche.
On the right bank of the Nile, not far from the famous Luxor Temple, is the modern city of Luxor. It is built on the site of ancient Thebes and is home to about 60,000 people. The Arabic word for "Luxor" is "el-Uqsor," which is the plural of "el-Qasr," which means "camp" or "fortification." This is because there were two…
The beautiful Medinat Habu Temple is one of the least visited places in Thebes, even though it is only second to Karnak in size and complexity. The centrepiece of the whole complex is the huge tomb temple of Ramses III, which looks like the Ramesseum of Ramses IP Medinet Location of the tomb of Ramses III, which is now called…
One of the most interesting things about Egypt is how many good museums and monuments, like the Mummification Museum, are devoted to the country's long history. Because of this, they deserve the business of tens of thousands of tourists and locals every month The Mummification Museum is an interesting and unusual place to visit near the beautiful Nile River, in…
Edfu Temple was dedicated to the falcon god Horus [Read more about the Eye of Horus], is second only to the Temple of Karnak in terms of importance and preservation in Egypt. There are 137 meters in length, 79 meters in width, and 36 meters in height. This pylon is a symbol of how temples are usually built.
The Seti Temple in Abydos was built by Seti I and his son Ramses II (480 kilometres or 300 miles south of Cairo). During the 19th dynasty, from about 1290 to 1279 BCE, Seti was in charge of Egypt. Seti went back to work on the hypostyle hall at Karnak. He also opened mines and fixed temples that had been…
The 19th dynasty Pharaoh Ramses II ruled Egypt for 67 years. During that time, he had the chance to build the grand tomb temple called the Ramesseum to show how great he was and to leave a lasting impression on his people It took more than 20 years to build the complex, and now a lot of it is in…
Most of Egypt's New Kingdom pharaohs were buried in the Valley of the Kings. During the New Kingdom, Egypt had an empire that stretched from the eastern Mediterranean coast to the Nile Delta (the 18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties). Among the kings who were buried there were Thutmose III, Tutankhamun, and Ramses.
The Valley of the Queens, as named by Champollion, is located to the southwest of the Valley of the Kings and is where numerous royal wives and children are buried. Even though it was utilized as a cemetery as early as the 18th Dynasty, it wasn't until the reign of 19th Dynasty pharaoh Ramses I that royal women began to…
