Photo Tour: Egypt

Egypt is one of the most populous countries in Africa and the Middle East. The great majority of its estimated 82 million[1] live near the banks of the Nile River, in an area of about 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 sq mi), where the only arable agricultural land is found. The large areas of the Sahara Desert are sparsely inhabited. About half of Egypt’s residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely-populated centres of greater Cairo, Alexandria and other major cities in the Nile Delta.

Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world’s most famous monuments, including the Giza pyramid complex and its Great Sphinx. The southern city of Luxor contains numerous ancient artifacts, such as the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Egypt is widely regarded as an important political and cultural nation of the Middle East. (Wikipedia)

Hathor Temple at Deir el Medina from Balloon

Medinet Habu from Balloon

Crusader Island Near Taba on the Sinai

The Old Baron’s Palace in Heliopolis

Old Karnak (Circa 1857)

The Temple of Karnak, Luxor

Medum Pyramid

Abus Simbel Temple, Nubia

Kom Ombo

Temple of Hathor at Dendra

Sultan Hassan Mosque

The Tomb of Sennefer on the West Bank at Luxor

View of the Step Pyramid

Temple of Philae from the Nile

Dahabiyya at the Speos of Horemheb, Gebel el-Silsila

Aerial View of Deir el-Medina

Courtyard of the Mohammad Ali Mosque, Cairo

Head from the Luxor Temple at Night

Nefatari’s Temple at Abu Simbel

Stairway in the Tomb of Merenptah (KV 8)

Citadel in Cairo

Underwater Sphinx

Granite Sarcophagus in the Tomb of Ramesses IV