KV 8

This is the tomb of Merenptah, son of Remeses II who ruled in the late 13th century BCE. It is the deepest tomb I saw.
The first picture is looking from the entry down the long corridor into the tomb.もっと詳しく
KV 16

This is the tomb of Rameses I, founder of the 19th dynasty and dating from early in the 13th century BCE. This is the smallest tomb I visited as Rameses I only ruled for 2 years. So there are noもっと詳しく
KV 11

This is the tomb of Rameses III, dating from the middle of the 12th century BCE. He ruled for more than 30 years until he was assassinated by a son. Given the long reign, there was plenty of time toもっと詳しく
KV 62

This is the most famous tomb in the Valley of the Kings. This is the tomb of Tutankhamun who died in about 1325 BCE at the age of 18. This is the tomb found and opened in 1922 with all of the famousもっと詳しく
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

This is the famous temple, dedicated to Amun, of Hatshepsut, the 2nd historically confirmed female pharoah to rule Egypt, reigning in the 1st half of the 16th century BCE. This is a unique andもっと詳しく
Collosi of Memnon

The colossi are a pair of statues of pharoah Amenhotep III, dating to about 1350 BCE. These were originally placed as guardians at the gate of Amenhotep III's mortuary temple, some remains of whichもっと詳しく
Karnak

Considered the oldest, largest and most important temple in ancient Egypt. Construction is said to have begun about 2,000 BCE, with work continuing until near the end of the 4th century BCE. Eachもっと詳しく
Opet

Probably the most important annual festival celebrated in ancient Thebes (modern Luxor). This festival celebrated the rebirth of the son of Amun (ie, the pharoah) as a fertility rite and to reaffirmもっと詳しく
Temple of Luxor

Perhaps also known as the Precinct of Mut, part of the Karnak complex. Mut is the wife of Amum-Re (See post about Opet).
The 1st 3 pictures are of the temple complex. The 3rd & 4th are of a bit of theもっと詳しく
Wadi el Rayan

A natural area 25 to 30 meters below sea level where a mix of agricultural drainage and springs (some sulphur) are formed into 2 man-made lakes. In between there is a waterfall that is said to be theもっと詳しく
Qsar Qaroun

Qsar Qaroun is a well preserved Ptolemaic temple, probably from the latter part of the 4th century BCE. Of particular interest is the solar alignment of the temple. On the winter solstice, the sunもっと詳しく
Library of Alexandria

This is a spectacular library with a museum below. It opened in 2002. While I knew that this is a modern, beautiful and hi tech library in it's own right, I kind of the expected some sort ofもっと詳しく
Montazah Palace

This is one of the royal palaces of Egypt, last used by the last king of Egypt, Farouk, who abdicated in 1952. For centuries, Alexandria has been a favorite summer retreat for wealthy Egyptians,もっと詳しく
El Alamein

The site of the major battle of WW II where Rommel's advance across north Africa was stopped by the British army under Montgomery. The pictures are taken at the memorial cemetery.
The 1st 4 are ofもっと詳しく
Monastery of St. Bishoy

The Monastery of Saint Bishoy (sometimes spelled Pishoy) is an ancient Coptic monastery founded in the 4th century in Wadi el Natrun. As an aside, Wadi el Natrun was important in pharaonic times asもっと詳しく
Under the Red Sea

Here are 6 pictures taken while diving in the Red Sea. All but the last show some of the coral. The 5th includes me swimming towards the camera. The last is a selfie of my instructor and me at the endもっと詳しく
Dahab

Dahab is a lovely small resort town about an hour and a half up the coast from the better known Red Sea town of Sharm El-Sheik. If you envision the Red Sea as a Y, Dahab is on the right hand arm, withもっと詳しく
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization

Newly opened but not yet complete museum. This is the place the mummy parade last month (April 2021) from the old museum ended. It's a beautiful buildings in a park like setting.
The main part of theもっと詳しく
NMEC II

There is too much in this museum to fit in the limit of 6 pictures per post. So here are 6 more pictures.
This time, the 1st picture looks across the main hall to give a sense of the overall exhibit.もっと詳しく
Dashur

Dashur is the site of a royal necropolis in use from the early to middle part of the 3rd millennium BCE. The two best known pyramids here are the red pyramid and the bent pyramid. Both were built byもっと詳しく
The Church of Saint Simon the Tanner

This is the main church at the monastery, and is considered to be about the largest church in the middle east. It seats 20,000 worshippers. The pictures are of the space and the carvings.
The 1stもっと詳しく
The Church of Saint Marcus

This is sometimes called the winter church as it is more enclosed and protected from the weather than the larger Saint Simon Church, and most of the seasonal rain occurs during the winter. Thisもっと詳しく
The Church of St Paul and St Anthony

This is the smallest of the 3 churches at the monastery. Saints Paul and Anthony are two of the original desert fathers. It is said that a bird would bring a half loaf of bread to Saint Paul each day.もっと詳しく
Monastery of Saint Simon the Tanner

This is a Coptic monastery named for the 10th century saint and is located in the Zabbaleen community in Cairo. Zabbaleen means garbage collector, and this neighborhood at the base of the Moqattamもっと詳しく