Valley Of The Kings The Valley of the Kings is the most famous concentration of royal tombs; its main purpose was to secure the royal tombs for the pharaohs of the new kingdom since the pyramids disappointed them to protect their royal treasures from thieves and desecration. The pyramids were the traditional burials for the…
The mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut of Dynasty XVIII was built just north of the Middle Kingdom temple of Mentuhotep Nebhepetre in the bay of cliffs known as Deir el-Bahri. In ancient times the temple was called Djeser-djeseru, meaning the ‘sacred of sacred’. It was undoubtedly influenced by the style of the earlier temple at…
Karnak is the biggest temple complex in the world, covering an area of 100 hectares and there is nowhere more impressive to the first-time visitor. Much of it has been restored during the last century and our knowledge of the buildings here in different periods of Egyptian history is still increasing each year. In ancient…
Luxor Temple in Luxor City Luxor Temple in Luxor City The city of Luxor is located in the south of Egypt on the east bank of the river with 450,000 population, there’s some families belong to the dynasties of the pharaohs living in Luxor until this day, most of the citizens work at farming especially…
Aswan High Dam is a stone fill dam situated at the northern bank between Egypt and Sudan The dam is nourished by the River Nile and the store structures Lake Nasser Development for the task started in 1960 and was finished in 1968. It was authoritatively initiated in 1971. The Aswan High Dam project had…
Aswan, south of Egypt, is the home of a wonderful culture called Nubia. Nubians people have their own traditions, language and life style. Their culture was a result of ancient Egyptian and African culture engagement, when the South Africans migrated up to Egypt and settled there in the time of pharaohs. They still practice some…
Deep south of Egypt where Aswan city, you’ll find that Aswan is surrounded by many Small islands and Nubian villages on the west bank. The Nubian villages is such a cheerful sight for being painted with bright colors, and inhabited by Nubians whom population doesn’t exceed of 100,000. They speak their own Nubian Languages and have…
The Elephantine Island is one of major Aswan attractions floating on the Nile. The island in 12000 meters situated in the center of the Nile. It had an important strategic position of protecting the southern borders of Ancient Egypt, and during the 6th dynasty which meant more than 3000 B.C, ancient Egyptian kings constructed a fortress…
Kom ombo temple was built 180 years ago (B.C)by the Ptolemaic dynasty during the Roman invasion, what’s so special about the temple of Kom ombo that it stands right on the river bank between Edfu and Aswan which makes it a wonderful stop station for Nile cruises and a main highlight of Aswan attractions .the temple is dedicated…
Philae, Isis Temple , The Pearl of Egypt, was a beautiful island surrounded by clear blue water and black granite boulders. Nearby, the larger island contained the burial place of Osiris, an unapproachable sanctum within a sacred grove. This site was the southernmost in Egypt proper. Sacred Isis Temple History Isis, the sister and devoted…
