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Two seated colossi of Amenhotep III, the gatekeepers of a temple the flood once filled.

Not a temple. A temple city.

Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

The temple the god came to visit.

Open 06:00–20:00 · checked 15 September 2026

Ramesses III's temple and fortress, where the builders of the royal tombs came to demand their pay.

Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026

Hatshepsut's terraced temple against the cliffs, facing Karnak across the river.

Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

The temple and grain store of Ramesses II, where the fallen colossus of Ozymandias lies.

Open 06:00–17:00 · checked 17 October 2026

The main street of the Fatimid court city, where for eight centuries anyone with power built to be seen.

Open 09:00–17:00 · checked 29 September 2026

The synagogue whose storeroom kept a medieval community's paperwork for centuries.

Open 09:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026

A medieval fortress above the whole of Cairo, and the seat of Egypt's rulers for more than six centuries.

Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

Where the Egyptians learned how to build a pyramid, by getting it wrong first.

Open 08:00–17:00 · checked 3 September 2026

Three generations of kings built here; the plateau asks who did the building, and how they lived.

Open 08:00–16:00 · checked 3 September 2026

A museum whose greatest collections belong to places you can see on the same day.