Archaeological site, Egyptian
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Thebes is located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile. The city was the capital of Egypt during part of the Eleventh Dynasty (Middle Kingdom), and most of the Eighteenth Dynasty (New Kingdom), though the administration probably remained located at Memphis for much of this.
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Gebel Barkal
Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region are testimony to the Napatan (900 to 270 BC) and Meroitic (270 BC to 350 AD) cultures.
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Nubian Monuments
The Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae consists of the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of Isis at Philae.
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Pyramids (Memphis)
Memphis was the capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, from its foundation (ca. 3100 BC) until 2200 BC.
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