Monuments and Sights to See In Egypt
Please note that there are other minor monuments listed within individual city pages found on our Destinations section. Also, most of the monuments listed below are also listed under sightseeing on the destination pages but by order of location.
See Also:
Our Feature Picture Archive on Monuments
Feature Stories on Places in Historical Egypt
Index:
Other Historical Islamic Buildings and Structures
Christian Churches, Monasteries and Monuments
Pharaonic Monuments (Including Greek & Roman)
Specific Pyramids (and Related Temples)
West Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes)
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, Mosque of - Alexandria
Altunbugha al-Maridani Mosque - Cairo
Amr Ibn El-Aas, Mosque of - Cairo
El-Aqmar Mosque (Gray Mosque) - Cairo
Aqsunqur or Blue Mosque - Cairo
Ashraf Barsbay, Complex of in the Northern Cemetery
Ashraf Barsbay, Mosque/Marasa, Sabil-Kuttab and Mausoleum Complex of
al-Burdayni, Mosque of - Cairo
El-Gawhara el-Lala Mosque - Cairo
Sultan Hassan Mosque & Madrasa - Cairo
Sultan al-Ashraf Inal, Funerary and Religious Complex of - Cairo
Amir Jamal al-Din al-Ustadar, Mosque of - Cairo
Khayrbak, The Mosque/Madrasa and Mausoleum of - Cairo
Kwawand Asla-Bey, Mosque of - Fayoum
Mohammad Ali (Alabaster) Mosque - Cairo
El-Mu'ayyad Mosque (Red Mosque) - Cairo
An-Nasir Mohammed Mosque - Cairo
Qaytbay, Funerary Complex of - Cairo
Qurqumas, Funerary (including Mosque) of
Sultan Qala'un, Complex of - Cairo
Sangar Salar Mosque and Mausoleum - Cairo
Suleyman Aga El-Silahdar Mosque - Cairo
Taghri Bardi Mosque, Madrasa and Tomb - Cairo
Mosque of Ilgay al-Yusufi - Cairo
Other Historical Islamic Buildings and Structures
Baybars El-Jashankir Khanqa - Cairo
Sultan Faraj Ibn Barquq, The Khanqah and Mausoleum of - Cairo
Sultan Barquq, Madrasa-Khanqah of - Cairo
El-Futuh (Gate of Conquest), Bab - Cairo
Hassan Sadaqa Mausoleum - Cairo
Katkhuda, Sabil-Kottb of - Cairo
Manzil Zeinab Khatoun (House) - Cairo
Mostafa Kamel Graveyard - Alexandria
Nafisa al-Bayda, Sabil-Kuttab of - Cairo
Al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa/Mausoleum - Cairo
An-Nasr (Victory Gate), Bab - Cairo
Nilometer on Rawda (Roda) Islaond - Cairo
Qaytbay, Sabil-Kuttab of - Cairo
Qaytbey, Fort of (The Citadel of Qaitbey) - Alexandria
Qanibey Emir Akhur Medersa - Cairo
al-Salih Najm al-Dim Ayyub, The Madrasa and Mausoleum of (Al Salihiyya)
Iman al-Shafi'i, The Mausoleum of - Cairo
Shajarat al-Durr, Mausoleum of - Cairo
Bayt el-Suhaymi (Historic House) - Cairo
Sunqur Sa'di Madrasa (And the Mawlawi Museum) - Cairo
Umm al-Sultan Sha'ban, The Madrasa of - Cairo
Wikalat Bazar'a (Bazar'a Caravanserai) - Cairo
Various Minor Islamic Monuments
Mausoleum of Ahmad al-Qasid - Cairo
Mausoleum and Minaret of Abu'l Ghadanfar - Cairo
Sabil-kuttab of Udah Basha - Cairo
Christian Churches, Monasteries and Monuments
Saint Marcos Church - Alexandria
Abu Serga (St. Sergius), Church of - Cairo
Saint Barbara's Church (Sitt Barbara) - Cairo
Saint George (Mari Girgis), Greek Church of - Cairo
Hanging Church (El Mu'allaqa)- Cairo
Church of the Holy Virgin in Babylon Al-Darag - Cairo
The Church of Saint Mercurius - Cairo
Menas, Church of (with Annexed Churches of Saint Bahnam & Saint George) - Cairo
St. Mercurius, Church of - St. Paul's Monastery, Eastern Desert
St. Michael, Church of - St. Paul's Monastery, Eastern Desert
St. Paul, Church of - St. Paul's Monaster, Eastern Desert
The Church of the Archangel Gabriel - Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel - Fayoum
Arcadius, Basiclica of - Karm Abu Menas- Between Alexandria and Wadi Natron
Funerary Chuch - Monastery of Apa Bane
Sanctuary Church - Monastery of Apa Bane
Saint George, Church of the at Haret Zuwaila
Holy Virgin Mary, Church of the at Haret Zuwaila
Holy Virgin Mary, Church of in the Monastery of al-Baramus
John the Baptist, Church of in the Monastery of al-Baramus
Saint Mercuris, The Church of at Haret Zuwaila
North and South Church of the Monastery of the Martyrs (Deir as-Shuhada) - Near Sohag
None Specific Churches
Christian Churches and Monasteries of Luxor and the West Bank
Christian Antinoopolis (Antinoe, or Ansina) and its Environs
Christian Ruins of the Kharga Oasis
Christian Oxyrhynchus and its Environs
Abu Hinnis South of Antinoe - Coptic
Abu Hennes (St. John's Monastery) - Mallawi
Abu Menas Monastery Between Alexandria and Wadi Natrun (uninhabited)
Abu-Menas Monastery - Karm Abu Menas
Anba Beshoy (St. Boshoi's) Monastery - Coptic
Al-Baramus (Monastery of the Romans, Monastery of - Wadi al-Natrun
Anba Samwail (Monastery of St. Samuel)
St. Anthony's (Deir Mar Antonios), 4th Century Monastery of in the Easter Desert - Coptic
Apa Bane, Monastery of (or Abu Fana, The Monastery of the Cross)
Apollo, Monastery of at Bawit (deserted) - (Near Asyut)
St. Catherine's Monastery (Greek Orthodox)
Damiana, Convent of in the Nile Delta
Enaton Monastery between Alexandria and Mersa Matruh
St. George, Monastery (Convent) of - Old Cairo
St. George (Haret Zuela), The Convent of)
St. Jeremiah, Monastery of (uninhabited)
St. Macarius (Deir Abu Magar, Abu Maker), Monastery of - Coptic
Martyrs (Deir as-Shuhada), Monastery of - Near Sohag
St. Mary (Haret Zuela), Convent of
St. Mary, Monastery of 10 Km from Assuit (Deir Dronka)
Monastery of the Virgin Mary (Deir al-Hammam) - Fayoum
Monastery of the Syrians (Deir al-Surian) - Coptic
Matthew the Potter, Monastery of at Asfun
El Moharek Monastery (Virgin Mary Monastery), Deir Al-Muharraq)
Nitria, Kellia (and the Life of their Ancient Monks)
St. Paul's (Deir Mar Boulos) Monastery of in the Eastern Desert - Coptic
Red (Deir Amba Bishoi) Monastery - Coptic
Seven Girls' Monastery (Greek Orthodox), The - Wadi Firan
St. Simeon Monastery (Anba Hatre) - uninhabited, Near Aswan
Virgin, Monastery of the -Minya
White (Deir el-Abyad) Monastery - Coptic
None Specific Monasteries
Christian Churches and Monasteries of Luxor and the West Bank
Christian Antinoopolis (Antinoe, or Ansina) and its Environs
Christian Ruins of the Kharga Oasis
Arcadius, Basiclica of - Karm Abu Menas
Tegran Necropolis - Alexandria
Thermal Basilica - Karm Abu Menas
English/French and Other Monuments
Baron's Palace - Heliopolis (Cairo)
Pharaonic Monuments (Including Greek & Roman)
Abu Rawash - Near Cairo
Abusir, Pyramids of - Abusir
Abydos
Alexandria, Egypt's Submerged Monuments - Alexandria
Anfushi Tombs - Alexandria
Al-Ashmunayn (Hermopolis)
Asasif Necropolis - Thebes
Asyut, Necropolis of - Aysut
Bahariya Oasis, Tombs of
Bashendi Village - Dakhla(Includes Islamic cemetery)
Beni Hassan al-Shurrug - Mallawi
Catacombs of Kom es-Shouqafa - Alexandria
Caesareum (Temple of Augustus) - Alexandria (monument of Christianity also)
Dahshur Pyramid Field
Early Kingdom Mastabas - Saqqara
Elephantine Island - Aswan
Dishasha Necropolis - Biba
Gebel al-Mawta - Siwa
Gebelein
Giza, Area of - Cairo
El Kab - El Mahamid
Lisht (Amenemhet I and Senwosret I Pyramid
el-Medina, Necropolis of Deir- Luxor
Meir - El-Qusiya
Al-Mizawaka - Dakhla
Naga el-Deir Necropolis
Naqada
Nobles, Tombs of the - Aswan
Nobles, Tombs of the - Thebes
Qasr Ibrim - Nubia
Saqqara
Saqqara, South - Saqqara
Tuna el-Gebel (and el-Bersha)- Mallawi
Valley of the Golden Mummies - Bahariya Oasis
Valley of the Kings, Area of - Thebes
Valley of the Queens, Area of - Thebes
West Bank at Luxor (Ancient Thebes), Overview of - Thebes
Khentkaues, Pyramid of
Neferefre, Pyramid of
Neferirkare, Pyramid of
Niuserre, Pyramid of
Sahure, Pyramid of
Unattested Pyramids of Abusir
Snofru, Pyramid of (Red Pyramid)
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
Idut I and Khuit Queens Pyramids
Egypt's Ancient, Small, Southern, Step Pyramids
First Intermediate Period Pyramids of Ibi, Khui and Others
The Layer and Unfinished Pyramids Near Zawiyet el-Aryan Village
Mazghuna, Prymids of (Sobeknefru? and Amenemhet IV?)
Alexander the Great, Temple of - Bahariya Oasis
Amenhotep III, Temple of - West Bank, Luxor
Aghurmi Temple and the Oracle of Amun - Siwa
Ain el-Muftella, Temple of - Bahariya Oasis
Artemidos, Speos of - Mallawi
Aten, Great Temple of - Amarna
Aten, Small (Royal) Temple of - Amarna
Beit el-Wali, Temple of in Nubia
Bes, Temple of - Bawiti, Bahariya Oasis
Dakka, Temple of in Nubia
Deir el Bahari, Temple of - West Bank, Luxor
Dendera, Temple of - Dendera
Dendur, Temple of - New York
Derr, Temple of - Nubia
Dush, Temple of - Kharga
Gerf Hussein, Temple of - Nubia
Al-Ghuwaytah, Temple of - Kharga Oasis
Al-Hager, Temple of Deir - Dakhla Oasis
Hercules, Temple of - Bahariya Oasis
Hibis, Temple of - Kharga
Horemheb, Speos of - Kom Ombb
Horus, Temple of - Edfu
Horus, Temples of (at Thoth Hill) - West Bank, Luxor
Kalabsha Temple - Nubia
Karnak, Temple of - Luxor
Khnum, Temple of - Esna
Kom-Ombo, Temple of - Kom-Ombo
Luxor, Temple of - Luxor
Maru-Aten - Amarna
Medinet Madi (ancient Narmouthis) - Fayoum
Mentuhotep II, Mortuary Temple of - West Bank, Luxor
Merenptah, Mortuary Temple of - West Bank, Luxor
Montu, Rattawy & Harpcrates, Temple of - Medamud
Montu, Temple of - Tod
Nekhbet and Thoth, Temples of at el-Kab
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part I
Abusir, Tell Atrib (Arhribis), Ausim (Letopolis), Behbeit el-Hagar, & Tell el-Dab'a
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part II
Ezbet Rushdi, Tell Far'un, Kom el-Hisn, Kom Abu Billo & Tell el-Maskhuta
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part III
Tell el-Muqdam (Leontopolis), Tell el-Qirqafa and Tell el-Rub'a (Tell El Robee, Greek)
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part IV
Tell el-Retaba, Saft el-Hinna, Samannud (Sebennytos) and Tell el-Yahudiya
Nubia, Lost Temples of
Nubian, Other Temples
Osiris, Temple of (and former temple of Khentyamentiu) - Abydos
Other Temples on the West Bank at Thebes, Part I
Temples of Amenhotep I, Amenhotep II, Siptah, the Colonnaded Temple of Ramesses IV, the Ramessid Temple, the Chapel of the White Queen and the private temple of Nebwenenef
Other Temples on the West Bank at Thebes, Part II
Temples of Ramesses IV (mortuary), Amenophis son of Hapu, Tuthmosis II, and the North and South temples at Nag Kom Lolah
Other Temples of the West Bank at Thebes, Part III
The Temples at Deir el-Medina - Temple of Amenhotep I, the Hathor Chapel of Seti I, the Ptolemaic Temple of Hathor, and a small Temple of Amun
Other Temples of the West Bank at Thebes, Part IV
Mortuary Temple of Tuthmosis III, and the temples of Tuya and Nefertari, Tuthmosis IV, Wadjmose and Siptah and Tausert
Philae (Now on Agilika Island), Temple of - Nubia
Qertassi, Kiosk of - Nubia
Ramesseum - West Bank, Luxor
Ramesses II, Portal Tempel of - Abydos
Ramesses II, Temple of - Abydos
Ramesses II, Temple of - Minya
Ramesses III, Temple of - West Bank, Luxor
Red Chapel of Hatshepsut at Karnak - East Bank, Luxor
Wadi al-Sabua (Sebua), Temple of - Nubia
Sarabit al-Khadim, Temple and Mines of - Sinai
Sarapeion, including Pompay's Pillar - Alexandria
Satis, Temple of - Elephantine (Aswan)
Senusret III, Mortuary Temple of - Abydos
Seti I Temple of Millions of Years - West Bank, Luxor
Seti I, Temple of and the Osireion at Abydos
Shenhur, Roman Temple of
Sobek-Re, Temple of - Qasr Qarun
Sun Temples of the 5th Dynasty (Userkaf and Niuserre) - Abusir & Abu Ghurob
Taposiris Magna, Temple of - Alexandria
Temple of the Oracle - Siwa
Tuthmosis III, Temple of at Abydos
Tuthmosis III, Temple of Amun at Deir el-Bahari - West Bank, Luxor
Umm Ubayda, Temple of - Siwa Oasis
White Chapel of Senusret I, The - East Bank in the Open Air Museum, Luxor
Al-Zayyan Temple - Kharga
Djer, Tomb of (and the Tomb of Osiris) (O)
Mastaba Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep
Nebet, Tomb of QueenNefer, Tomb of
Monument Openings and Closings
Akhenaten, Tiy (Tiye) or Smenkhkare?, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV55)
Amenherkhepshef, Tomb of - Valley of the Queens (QV55)
Amenhotep II, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV35)
Amenhotep III, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (WV22)
Amenmesses, Tomb of and King - Valley of the Kings (KV10)
Ay, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (WV23)
Benia (Pahekmen), Private Tomb of (TT343)
Hatshepsut-Meryetre, Tomb of (though not used) - Valley of the Kings - KV42
Horemheb, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV57)
Inherkhau, Tomb of Foreman - Deir el Medina Necropolis (TT359)
Irunefer, Tomb of - Deir el-Medina Necropolis (TT290)
Khaemhat, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT57)
Khaemwaset, Tomb of - Valley of the Queens (QV44)
Kheruef, Private Tomb of - Asasif (TT192)
Khonsu, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT31)
Amenhotep I? Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV39)
Menna, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT69)
Merneptah, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV8)
Nakht, Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT52)
Neferrenpet, Tomb of - al-Khokha (TT178)
Nefersekheru, Private Tomb of - al-Khokha (TT296)
Nefertari, Tomb of - Valley of the Queens
Pashedu, Tomb of - Deir el Medina Necropolis (TT3)
Ramesses I, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV16)
Ramesses II, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV7)
Ramesses II's Sons, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV5)
Ramesses III, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV11)
Ramesses IV, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV2)
Ramesses VI, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV9)
Ramesses VII, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV1)
Ramesses IX, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV6)
Ramesses X, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV18)
Ramesses XI, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV4)
Ramesses-Mentuherkhepshef, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV19)
Ramose, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT55)
Rekhmire, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT100)
Roy, Private Tomb of - Dra' Abu al-Naja (TT 255)
Sennedjem, Private Tomb of - Deir el Medina Necropolis (TT1)
Sennefer, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT96)
Seti I, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV17)
Seti II, The King and His Tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV15)
Shuroy, Tomb of - Dra Abu el-Naga (TT13)
Siptah, the King and his Tomb in the Valley of the Kings (KV47)
Sitre In?, Tomb of in the Valley of the Kings (KV60)
Tausert and Setnakht, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV14)
Tutankhamen (King Tut), Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV54)
Tuthmosis I and Hatshepsut, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV20)
Tuthmosis I, Second Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV38)
Tuthmosis III, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV34)
Tuthmosis IV, Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV43)
Tyti, Tomb of - Valley of the Queens (QV 52)
Userhat, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT51)
Userhat, Private Tomb of - Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (TT56)
Yuya and Tjuyu, Private Tomb of - Valley of the Kings (KV46)
Amenhotep Huy, The Tomb of
Bannantiu, Tomb of - Bawiti, Bahariya Oasis
Tomb of the Crocodile - Siwa
Mesu-Isis, Tomb of - Siwa
Nabi Saleh, Tomb of
Niperpathot - Siwa
The Tomb of Si-Amun at Siwa
The Tomb of Zed-Amun-efankh in the Bahariya Oasis
Akhmim (Ipu)
Amarna (Akhetaten)
Antinoe - Mallawi
Bacchias (Fayoum)
Tell Basta (Bubastis, Per Bastet)
Buto (Modern Tell el-Farien) - Nile Delta
Crocodilopolis - (Fayoum)
Dimeh al-Siba (Fayoum)
Dionysias - (Fayoum)
Eastern Workmen's Village at Amarna
Giza Worker's Village
Heliopolis, Egypt's Iunu
Heracleum: The Legendary Submerged City
Hermopolis (at Ashmunein) - Mallawi
Kahun, Middle Kingdom Workers' Village
Karanis - (Fayoum)
Maadi, Ancient
Deir el-Medina
Medinet Habu
Memphis, Area of- Cairo
Naukratis - Nile Delta
Nekhen, Greek Hierakonpolis
Oxyrhynchus (Per-medjed)
Philoxenite
Ancient Pi-Ramesse (Modern Qantir)
Plinthine
Qaou el Kebir - Badari
Sais (Sa el-Hagar)
Tanis (El-Hagar)
Taposiris Magna
Tebtunis (The Fayoum)
Thebes
Amenhotep, Palace of - Thebes
Great Palace and King's House - Amarna
North Palace - Amarna
See Also:
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part I
Abusir, Tell Atrib (Arhribis), Ausim (Letopolis), Behbeit el-Hagar, & Tell el-Dab'a
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part II
Ezbet Rushdi, Tell Far'un, Kom el-Hisn, Kom Abu Billo & Tell el-Maskhuta
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part III
Tell el-Muqdam (Leontopolis), Tell el-Qirqafa and Tell el-Rub'a (Tell El Robee, Greek
Nile Delta, Minor Temples and Other Ruins of, Part IV
Tell el-Retaba, Saft el-Hinna, Samannud (Sebennytos) and Tell el-Yahudiya
Alabaster Sphinx - Saqqara
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
Abdeen Palace Museum Complex - Cairo
Ahmed Shawki Museum - Cairo
Alexandria National Museum
Bayt al-Kritliyya - Cairo
Bayt Al-Suhaymi - Cairo
Beit El-Umma (House of the People) - Cairo
Beshtak Palace - Cairo
Carriage Museum - Cairo
The Child Museum - Cairo
The Coptic Museum
Denshway Museum - Menofeya Governorate
The Egyptian Antiquities Museum - Cairo
Egyptian Modern Art Museum - Cairo
Gayer-Anderson Museum
Geology Museum - Cairo
Gezira Center for Modern Art - Cairo
The Graeco-Roman Museum - Alexandria
Imhotep Museum - Saqqara (Cairo)
Ismailia Museum - Ismailia
Karanis Site Museum - Fayoum
Kasr (Qasr) El-Gawhara (Jewel Palace) - Cairo
Kharga Museum - El Kharga
Library of Alexandria Museum
Manyal Palace - Cairo
Marine Museum - Hurghada
Mawlawi Museum and Sunqur Sa'di Madrasa
Military Museum - Cairo
Military Museum - Port Said
Mukhtar Museum - Cairo
Mohamed Nagy Museum - Cairo
Museum of Islamic Art - Cairo
Museum of Islamic Ceramics- Cairo
Museum of Modern Art - Port Said
Museum of Mohamed Khalil - Giza
The National Museum - Port Said
The National Police Museum
Nubian Museum - Aswan
The Pharaonic Village - Jacob Island
Postal Museum - Cairo
Qasr Al-Eini Museum (Medical) - Cairo
Rail Museum - Cairo
Ramses Wessa Wassef Art Center
The Royal Jewelry Museum - Alexandria
Taha Hussein Museum - Cairo
Geographical Society - Cairo
High Dam - Aswan
Multi-Religious Compound - Cairo
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Last Updated: June 13th, 2011