The giant kalabsha temple looms over lake Nasser near the Western edge of the high-rise dam. It turns out to be either on a Cape or on an island, depending …
St. Simeon’s Monastery
Before you go across the desert to the tombs of the nobles, you should definitely go from the lower valley to the ruined monastery of St. Simeon (daily, 7: 00-16: …
Ramesseum Temple
The temple known as Ramesseum is the center of a huge architectural complex. The temple was built by Ramsess II (third king of the 19th dynasty 1292–1190 BC.) and was …
The Temple of Hathor at Dendera
Although shrines of Hathor, the goddess of joy and pleasure, have existed in Dendera since pre-dynastic times, the existing temple of Hathor is a work of the Greco-Roman era, built …
Temple of Seti I in Abydos
Just as Muslims hope to visit Mecca at least once in their lives, and many Hindus would like to die in Benares, so the ancient Egyptians piously longed to make …