Visit the Valley of the Kings

Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.

Nubian Aswan’s feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.

Parthian desert city whose temples fused Greek, Roman and eastern styles.

The most beautiful painted tomb in Egypt, open to a handful of visitors a day at ten times the price.

Sail between Luxor and Aswan past temples.

The guardian lion of the Giza plateau.

Ramesses II's colossal rock-cut temples.

The best-preserved temple in Egypt, buried in sand for centuries and dedicated to the falcon god Horus.