Egypt Events, Festivals & Special Travel Experiences

Temple Of Edfu “Egyptian God Horus Build” Location, Building History, Who Built It & Why It’s Important Once upon a time, a powerful God named Horus wanted to avenge the death of his father, Osiris, who was killed by his brother, Seth. We all heard the famous story of the god Horus; after killing his […]

Wadi El Gerf Wadi el Gerf, or “El Gerf Valley, ” is located at KM 180 on the Red Seashore and is about 24 km from Za’farana. In 2011, a French excavation mission found the most ancient Ship’s Port ever. They discovered the docks, places where ships’ ropes were tied to the docks. They also […]

Philae Temple – Goddess Isis Egyptian mythology had a vast complex of gods, more than any civilization in the ancient world. Egypt has hundreds of gods that used to be worshiped; one of the most important ones is the Egyptian goddess Isis. Her Egyptian name is Aset or Eset, and her name is in the […]

Khan El-Khalili – History Khan El-Khalili is an open market, or as we call it in Egypt, “Souq.” It started as a storage place for merchants in the 14th century and became the center of foreign trade in the late 15th century during the Mamluk era. Location The history of this Bazaar makes it unique […]

Saqqara When it comes to Egypt, the oldest of everything is here, as many said: “Egypt came first, then history was written.” And this is vividly obvious in this unique location, Saqqara, Egypt. It’s a vast necropolis where many Kings and high-ranking viziers were buried. The tombs differed from each other in shape, size, and […]

Hatshepsut Deir El Bahri, the place that is famous for the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, lies at its cliff, but not a lot knows that it is part of the Theban Necropolis. It has several mortuary temples and tombs; it is located on the west bank opposite Luxor City. It actually means in Arabic, the […]

St. Catherine In the middle of the Sinai Peninsula rises a sacred mountain, 1,586 m high (about 5,203 ft), heading to the deep sky and pointing to God. It’s where God talked to Moses while the people of Israel were leaving Egypt and gave him the Ten Commandments, as written in Exodus. That’s why it’s […]

Ramesseum, Egypt The effect of King Ramses the Great, or Ramses II, is vividly noticeable around Egypt. You can find his best masterpiece at Abu Simbel, some of his prints at Karnak Temple, and, of course, the Ramesseum. The Ramesseum is a mortuary Temple of King Ramses II, located in Thebes Necropolis, on the west […]

Wadi El-Seboua Wadi el-Seboua, translated in English to the Valley of the Lions, can also be pronounced as Wadi Es-Sebua. The Arabs named it after The Great Sphinx-lined that is located before the entrance of the Temple; it is from the New Kingdom Egyptian temples. The Temple was dedicated to the Nubian form of God […]

Temple Of Esna Walking through Egypt’s cities and villages, you’ll always find a piece of history telling stories about our ancestors; and Esna is not an exception. Esna is a small city on the west bank of the Nile where you can find the Temple of Esna or the Temple of Khnum. Where is Esna […]

Hawara Pyramid In Egypt, there are more than 200 pyramids, not only the famous ones at Giza, some of them are still in good shape, some are not, but they all have great archeological importance. Hawara Pyramid is one of the Egyptian heritages from Pyramids; it belongs to King Amenemhat III, who was the last […]

Beni Hasan Tombs A small village 245 Km south of Cairo, near to what we know now by the Minya governorate, lies on the east bank of the Nile. This village is not for people to live in, but it was a necropolis from the Middle Kingdom (21st to 17th centuries BCE); it was the burial […]