Sights and Landmarks in the Nile Valley

Abu Simbel is the southernmost town in Egypt. It is located just before the border with Sudan. There are two rock temples here, which were built by Ramses...

The pyramids of Giza are the only remaining wonder of the ancient world. They have also been a World Heritage Site since 1979. The famous ancient Egyptian...

The Luxor Temple is one of the most important ancient Egyptian sights in the city of the same name. Like the larger temple complex in Karnak, the Luxor...

The Valley of the Kings is a burial site of Ancient Egypt where 64 tombs have been found to date. The tombs were numbered chronologically according to the...

The Colossi of Memnon are two ancient Egyptian colossal statues from the 14th century BC. They are located near the Valley of the Kings in Thebes-West in the modern-day city of Luxor....

The temple complex of Karnak is located around two and a half kilometers north of the Nile city of Luxor and is the largest of its kind in all of Egypt. The...

The double temple of Kom Ombo is located on the eastern bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt, between Luxor and Aswan. The ancient Egyptian complex dates from...

The Temple of Philae is located on the island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser near Aswan. As its name suggests, the temple was originally located on the...

The mortuary temple of the ancient Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is the best-preserved temple complex in Thebes West, in present-day Luxor. It is also the...

The Aswan Dam is located around 13 kilometers south of the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan. It dams the Nile to form Lake Nasser, the second largest reservoir in the world, which stretches...

The Temple of Khnum is located in Upper Egyptian Esna, about 55 kilometers south of Luxor and 135 kilometers north of Aswan. As the name suggests, it was...