At the height of the Egyptian New Kingdom, Egypt's capital, Thebes (now called Luxor), was home to more than a million wealthy pharaohs who ruled this kingdom through military victories and extended their power south into Nubia, west along the Mediterranean, and east into what Now known as Syria. With all that money and labor,...Read More
At the end of the 12th century, Saladin built the Citadel as he was a well-known king and military leader who started the Ayyubid dynasty. Many important events in Egyptian history took place in the castle.Read More
Elephantine Island is 1,200 meters long from north to south and 400 meters wide at its widest point. It and the other nearby islands can be seen from the slope of the west bank of the Nile. They are just downstream of the First Nile River, on the border between Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia....Read More
Aswan City is a winter resort with a lot of ancient Egyptian and Pharaonic sites, such as the Abu Simbel temples, the Philae temple, the unfinished obelisk, and many pharaonic tombs. The High Dam and Lake Nasser.Read More
Many Christian landmarks can be found in Cairo, including the Jewish Temple of Ben Ezra, the ruins of the ancient fortress known as Babylon, the legendary Hanging Church, and the Coptic Museum chronicling an almost extinct civilization.Read More
