Best Attractions in Egypt
The headline places everyone wants to see — pyramids, temples, museums, deserts and reefs.
The Great Sphinx of Giza
A lion's body with a king's head, carved from a single ridge of natural limestone at the foot of Khafre's causeway.
Valley of the Kings
A dry desert valley behind the Luxor west bank holding more than sixty rock-cut royal tombs, many with their painted decoration intact.
Abu Simbel
Two temples cut into a cliff near the Sudanese border, and then cut out of that cliff again and moved, block by block, to higher ground.
Philae Temple
The temple of Isis, taken apart and rebuilt stone by stone on a different island to save it from the dam — and the last place in Egypt where the old religion was still practised.
Pyramids of Giza
Three royal pyramids on a limestone plateau at the edge of Cairo — the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world, and the only one still standing.
The Grand Egyptian Museum
A purpose-built museum beside the Giza plateau, holding the complete Tutankhamun collection and a grand staircase of colossal royal statuary.
Luxor Temple
A temple in the middle of a living city, built for a festival rather than a god, and the one major Egyptian site that is better after dark.
Karnak Temple
The largest religious building ever raised, added to by thirty pharaohs across two thousand years — and the only site in Egypt that is genuinely too big to see in one visit.
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Egypt Attractions by Type
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Best Tours to See Egypt's Attractions
Pair the highlights into a private itinerary — packages, day tours, and Nile cruises.