Just a list of the various things that travel books, websites, and the various resources have suggested that you might want to see in Egypt. Obviously, you are never going to be able to see them all, but I’ve added links where we did manage to see things.
Arab/Muslim History
Alexandria
Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi, Mosque of
Kom el-Dekka
Mostafa Kamel Graveyard
Muntazah Complex
Qaitbey, Fort of (The Citadel of Qaitbey
Shatby Tomb
Terbana Mosque
Aswan
Aga Khan Mausoleum
Cairo
al-Azab, Bab
Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Nasir Muhammad Madrasa/Mausoleum
Amr Ibn El-Aas, Mosque of
An-Nasir Mohammed Mosque
An-Nasr (Victory Gate), Bab
Aqsunqur or Blue Mosque
As-Salih Talai Mosque
Attarine Mosque -Alexandria
Aytmishi Mosque
Baybars El-Jashankir Khanqa
Citadel
El-Aqmar Mosque (Gray Mosque)
El-Futuh (Gate of Conquest), Bab
El-Gawhara el-Lala Mosque
El-Ghuri Mausoleum
El-Ghuri Mosque
El-Ghuri Wakala
El-Hakim Mosque
El-Hussein Mosque
El-Ishaqi Mosque
El-Mu’ayyad Mosque (Red Mosque)
Harem Palace
Hassan Sadaqa Mausoleum
Ibn Tulun Mosque
Kamilya Medersa
Katkhuda, Sabil-Kottb of
Khan el-Khalili
Mohammad Ali (Alabaster) Mosque
Musafirkhana Palace
Qaitbay Medersa
Qaitbay Wakala
Qanibey Emir Akhur Medersa
Refa’i Mosque
Sangar Salar Mosque and Mausoleum
Sarghatmish Medersa
Sayyida Zeinab Mosque
Sheikhu Mosque
Suleyman Aga El-Silahdar Mosque
Suleyman Pasha Mosque
Sultan Barquq Complex
Sultan Hassan Mosque & Madrasa
Sultan Qala’un, Complex of
Taghri Bardi Medersa
Zuwayla, Bab
Fayoum
Hanging Mosque
Kwawand Asla-Bey, Mosque of
Sinai
Geziret Fara’un
Sinai, Mount
Other Locations
Al-Qasr Village Dakhla
Christan Churches and Monasteries
- Cairo
Abu Serga (St. Sergius), Church of
Hanging Church
Saint Barbara’s Church (Sitt Barbara)
Saint George (Keniset Mari Girgis), Church of
Saint George (Mari Girgis), Greek Church ofWadi Natrun
Deir Abu Magar (Monastery of St. Macarius)
Deir Al Anba Bishay (Monastery of St. Pschoi)
Deir Al Baramus (Monastery of the Romans)
Deir Al Suryan Monastery
The Kellia Hermitages – Near Wadi NatrunSohag
Deir el-Abyad (The White Monastery)
Deir Amba Bishoi (The Red Monastery)Saqqara
Saint Jeremiah, Monastery ofSinai
Sinai, MountOther Locations
Abu-Menas Monastery – Karm Abu Menas
Arcadius, Basiclica of – Karm Abu Menas
Deir Abu Hennes – Mallawi
Deir al-Muharraq – El-Qusiya
Enaton Monastery – El-Kikheila
Enaton Monastery – El-Kikheila
Saint Anthony’s Monastery – Red Sea
Saint Catherine’s Monastery – Sinai
Saint Marcos Church – Alexandria
Saint. Paul’s Monastery – Red Sea
Saint. Simeon’s Monastery – Aswan
St. Mary, Monastery of (Deir Dronka) – Assuit
St. Samuel, Monastery of – Fayoum
Tegran Necropolis – Alexandria
Thermal Basilica – Karm Abu Menas
Virgin, Monastery of the -MinyaJewish Temples
Ben Ezer’s Temple
Pharaonic Monuments
Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt’s Submerged Monuments
Anfushi Tombs
Catacombs of Kom es-Shouqafa
Caesareum (Temple of Augustus)Saqqara
Early Kingdom Mastabas
Saqqara
Saqqara, SouthThebes
Asasif Necropolis
Nobles, Tombs of the
Valley of the Kings, Area of
Valley of the Queens, Area ofOther Locations
Abusir, Pyramids of, Abusir
Al-Ashmunayn and Tunah Al-Gabel, Minya
Al-Mizawaka, Dakhla
Asyut, Necropolis of, Aysut
Bahariya Oasis, Tombs of
Bashendi Village, Dakhla( Includes Islamic cemetery)
Beni Hassan al-Shurrug, Mallawi
Dahshur Pyramid Field
Dishasha Necropolis, Biba
El Kab, El Mahamid
Elephantine Island, Aswan
el-Medina, Necropolis of Deir– Luxor
Giza, Area of, Cairo
Jebelein, Tod
Lisht (Amenemhet I and Senwosret I Pyramids)
Meir, El-Qusiya
Naga el-Deir Necropolis
Naqada
Nobles, Tombs of the, Aswan
Tuna el-Jebel, Mallawi
Valley of the Golden Mummies, Bahariya OasisPyramids and Temples
Abusir
Khentkaues, Pyramid of
Neferefre, Pyramid of
Neferirkare, Pyramid of
Niuserre, Pyramid of
Sahure, Pyramid of
Unattested Pyramids of AbusirAbu Rawash
Djedefre, Pyramid of
Lepsius Pyramid #1Dahshur
Amenemhet II, Pyramid of
Amenemhet III, Pryamid of
Ameny Kemau, Pyramid of
Senusret III, Pyramid of
Snefru, Pyramid of (Bent)
Snofru, Pyramid of (Red Pyramid)Fayoum Region
Amenemhet I, Pyramid of at Lisht
Amenemhat III (the Labyrinth), Pyramid of – Fayoum
Senusret I, Pyramid of at Lisht
Senwosret II, Pyramid of – El Lahun
Snofru, Pyramid of – MaidumGiza
Cheops, Pyramid of
Chephren, Pyramid of
Menkaure, Pyramid Complex of
Three Minor PyramidsSaqqara
Djoser, Step Pyramid of
Idut I and Khuit Queens Pyramids
Sekhemkhet, Pyramid of
Teti, Pyramid of
Unas, Pyramid of
Userkaf, Pyramid ofSouth Saqqara
Djedkare, Pyramid of
Khendjer, Pyramid of
Merenre, Pyramid of
Pepi I, Pyramid of
Pepi I’s Queens, Pyramids of
Pepi II, Pyramid of
Pepi II’s Queens, Pyramids of
Unknown Queen, Pyramid of
Unattested PyramidTemples and Chapels
Fayoum
Dionysias, Temple of
Sobek, Temple Dedicated toSaqqara
Abu Ghurab, Sun Temple of
Amenhotep III, Temple of – West Bank, LuxorLuxor
Deir el Bahari, Temple of
Horus, Temples of (at Thoth Hill)
Karnak, Temple of
Luxor, Temple of
Mentuhotep II, Mortuary Temple of
Merenptah, Mortuary Temple of
Ramesses III, Temple of
Ramesses III, Temple of
Seti I Temple of Millions of Years
Thutmose III, Temple of Amun at Deir el-BahariNubia
Abu Simbel
Kalabsha Temple
Philae (Now on Agilika Island), Temple of
Qertassi, Kiosk ofOther Locations
Abydos, Temple of, Abydos (El Balyana)
Aghurmi Temple and the Oracle of Amun, Siwa
Al-Ghuwaytah, Temple of, Kharga Oasis
Al-Hager, Temple of Deir, Dakhla Oasis
Al-Zayyan Temple, Kharga
Artemidos, Speos of, Mallawi
Dendera, Temple of, Dendera
Dush, Temple of, Kharga
el-Amarna, Tell, Deir Mawas
Hibis, Temple of, Kharga
Horemheb, Speos of, Kom Ombb
Horus, Temple of, Edfu
Khnum, Temple of, Isna
Kom-Ombo, Temple of, Kom-Ombo
Ramesses II, Temple of, Minya
Sarabit al-Khadim, Temple and Mines of, Sinai
Sun Temples of the 5th Dynasty (Userkaf and Niuserre), Abusir & Abu Ghurob
Taposiris Magna, Temple of, AlexandriaTombs
Animal Tombs
Serapeum – SaqqaraSaqqara
Ankh-mahor, Tomb of
Kagemni, Tomb of
Mereruka, Tomb of
Nebet, Tomb of Queen
Persian Shafts
Ptah-hotep, Tomb of
Ti, Tomb ofWest Bank at Luxor (ancient Thebes)
Amenhotep II, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Amenmesses, Tomb of and King, Valley of the Kings
Ay, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Benia (Pahekmen), Private Tomb of
Horemheb, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Inherkhau, Tomb of Foreman, Deir el Medina Necropolis
Khaemhat, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Khaemwaset, Tomb of, Valley of the Queens
Kheruef, Private Tomb of, Asasif
KV 39, The Tomb of Amenhotep I?, Valley of the Kings
Menna, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Merneptah, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Nakht, Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Nefertari, Tomb of, Valley of the Queens
Pashedu, Tomb of, Deir el Medina Necropolis
Ramesses I, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great), Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Ramesses II’s Sons, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Ramesses III, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Ramesses IV, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Ramesses VI, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Ramesses IX, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Ramose, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Rekhmire, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Sennedjem, Private Tomb of, Deir el Medina Necropolis
Seti I, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Tausert and Setnakht, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Tutankhamen (King Tut), Tomb of
Thutmose III, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Thutmose IV, Tomb of, Valley of the Kings
Userhat, Private Tomb of, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Yuya and Tjuyu, Private Tomb of, Valley of the KingsOther Locations
bi Saleh, Tomb ofTowns and Cities
Akhmim (Ipu)
Antinoe – Mallawi
Tell Basta (Bubastis, Per Bastet)
Buto (Modern Tell el-Farien) – Nile Delta
Crocodilopolis – Fayoum
Giza Worker’s Village
Heliopolis, Egypt’s Iunu
Heracleum: The Legendary Submerged City
Hermopolis (at Ashmunein) – Mallawi
Kahun, Middle Kingdom Workers’ Village
Karanis – Fayoum
Deir el-Medina
Medinet Habu
Memphis, Area of– Cairo
Naukratis – Nile Delta
Nekhen, Greek Hierakonpolis
Ancient Pi-Ramesse (Modern Qantir)
Qaou el Kebir – Badari
Sais (Sa el-Hagar)
Tanis (El-Hagar)
ThebesOther Monuments
Abaster Sphinx – Saqqara
Amenhotep, Palace of – Thebes
Babylon, Fort of – Cairo
Colossi of Memnon – Thebes
Colossus of Ramesses – Saqqara
Al-Deir – Kharga Oasis (monument to Christian, Islamic & British Periods also)
Joseph’s or Yusif’s Well – Cairo
Pompey’s Pillar – Alexandria
The Ravine of Inscriptions :Ancient Rock Quarries – Sinai
Roman Theatre – Alexandria
Silsila – Kom Ombo
Sphinx, Great – Giza
Unfinished Obelisk – Aswan
al-Wali, Beit – NubiaMuseums
Cairo
Abdeen Palace Museum Complex
Ahmed Shawki Museum
Beshtak Palace
Carriage Museum
Child Museum
Coptic Museum
Egyptian Antiquities Museum
Gayer-Anderson Museum
Gezira Center for Modern Art
Islamic Ceramics, Museum of
Kasr (Qasr) El-Gawhara (Jewel Palace)
al-Kritliyya, Bayt
Manyal Palace
Military Museum
Mohamed Nagy Museum
Mukhtar Museum
Postal Museum
Qasr Al-Eini Museum (Medical)
Rail Museum
Al-Suhaymi, Bayt
Taha Hussein Museum
El-Umma (House of the People), Bayt
Mohamed Khalil, Museum of – GizaAlexandria
Graeco-Roman Museum
Royal Jewelry MuseumOther Locations
Denshway Museum, Menofeya Governorate
Ismailia Museum, Ismailia
Karanis Site Museum, Fayoum
Kharga Museum, El Kharga
Marine Museum, Hurghada
Military Museum, Port Said
Modern Art, Museum of, Port Said
National Museum, Port Said
Nubian Museum, Aswan
Pharaonic Village, Jacob Island