World Heritage Sites in Egypt

Site nameEntered
Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur1979
Abu Mena1979
Historic Cairo1979
Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae1979
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis1979
Saint Catherine Area2002
Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)2005

Tentative list of Egypt
Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs
Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library
Bird Migration Routes
Dababiya
Dahab
Dahshour archaeological area
Desert Wadis
El Fayoum: Kom Aushim (Karanis), Dimai (Soknopaiounesos), Qasr Qarun (Dionysias), Batn I hrit (Theadelphia), Byahma-Medi
El-Gendi Fortress
Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun Nature Reserve
Great Desert Landscapes
Helwan Observatory
Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid
Minia
Mountain Chains
Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period
Newibah castle
North Sinai archaeological Sites Zone
Oasis of Fayoum, hydraulic remains and ancient cultural landscapes
Pharaon Island
Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods
Raoudha nilometre in Cairo
Ras Mohammed
Rutho Monastery
Siwa archaeological area
Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert
Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
Temple of Serabit Khadem
The An-Nakhl fortress, a stage on the pilgrimage route to Mecca
The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun
Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Phataoh's island)
Wadi Feiran









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Egypt statistics:
Number of WHS: 7
Number of Tentative sites: 32
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