The Mosque of Sultan Hassan is one of the best examples of early Mamluk architecture in Cairo.  The portal and courtyard are grand and imposing; its four niches were used for the teaching of the four...

The Pyramid of Djoser is the showpiece of the necropolis at Saqqara.  Built in the 27th Century BC by the first recorded architect, Imhotep, this is the prototype for all the pyramids subsequently...

This massive stone fortress, begun by Salah ad-Din in 1176 was home to Egypt's rulers for 700 years.  Egypt's diverse heritage can be seen in the fortifications, palaces, mosques, and museums.  The...

This is considered one of Egypt's largest and oldest mosques, which was built between AD 876 and AD 879 by an Abbasid governor sent from Baghdad to rule over Egypt.

Dating back to the 6th Dynasty (2323-2150 BC), this is the largest tomb complex in Saqqara housing the remains of Mereruka (vizier to King Teti), magnificent wall paintings, a stone ring for tethering

Many magnificent funerary complexes are located here including the Mosque of Qaitbey (completed in 1474 AD), the Complex of Sultan Ashraf Barsbey and the Mausoleum of Ibn Barquq.

The Pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus in Greek) is the last great pyramid to built on the Giza Plateau. Smaller than the other two, a 12th century Cairo Sultan tried to dismantle this pyramid, abandoning

Only ten feet shorter in height and fifty feet shorter in width, Khafre's Pyramid nevertheless looks larger because it is built on higher ground.  Part of the limestone facing survives at the top of...

The Giza Plateau is home to the three great pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure as well as the Sphinx and numerous mastabas, tombs, and mortuary temples.  The pyramids usually get quite crowded...

An ancient arab proverb says it all, "Man fears time; time fears the pyramids".  The Pyramid of Khufu (Keops in Greek) is the only remaining wonder of the ancient world.  Built of over two million...

Memphis was the ancient capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.  It is believed that the Nile at one time flowed closer to this site, but changed its course, making a move to a new capital...

No longer used for worship, the Ben Ezra Synagogue is the oldest Jewish synagogue in Cairo.  Legends link a rock inside a shrine here with Moses, but the building was actually built in the 8th century

This museum features the items of antiquity collected by John Gayer-Anderson, a British member of the Egyptian civil service in the 1930s and ‘40s, who restored two adjacent 16th- and 17th-century houses decorated with mashrabiyya screens and marble inlays.

Truncated at the knees the massive limestone colossus of Ramses II extends more than 33 feet in length.  The statue lies within a museum built in Memphis to protect it from the elements.  Open Daily.

Unas was the last king of the 5th Dynasty.  His crumbling pyramid contains a chamber with heiroglyphic text from floor to ceiling which is now closed to visitors.  Ruins of his Valley Temple...

This impressive monument weighing eighty tons was carved to honor an unknown Pharaoh during the 18th Dynasty.  Made of calcite, a type of alabaster, the sphinx is 26 feet long and 16 feet tall and is...

The Mohammed Ali Mosque crowns the Citadel of Salah ad-Din.  Built between 1824 and 1857 in the Ottoman style, the mosque was intended to echo the great imperial mosques of the Ottoman Empire...

This tomb from the early Dynasty V period is shared by Nefer, the “Supervisor of Artisans,” and eight other family members.