🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Abu Mena
Late Roman to Early Byzantine 4th–7th c. CE, peak 5th–6th c. · Coptic Christian / Byzantine Egyptian
Desert pilgrimage city of Saint Menas, 4th–7th c., now endangered by water table rise.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Abu Simbel Small Temple Hathor Facade South
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Abu Simbel Small Temple Hathor Facade South in Aswan, Abu Simbel, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Medinet Habu Mortuary Temple Pylon II
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Medinet Habu Mortuary Temple Pylon II in Luxor, Medinet Habu, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Esna Temple of Khnum Hypostyle North Wall
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Esna Temple of Khnum Hypostyle North Wall in Luxor, Esna, Egypt is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
El-Tod (Djerty / Tuphium)
Old Kingdom to Ptolemaic (2480 BCE–30 BCE; peak Middle Kingdom 12th Dyn) · Ancient Egyptian
Montu war-falcon temple at El-Tod with Sesostris granite pillars and Tod Treasure hoard.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Qasr el-Sagha Temple — Fayum North
Middle Kingdom, late Twelfth Dynasty (c.1900 BCE, Fayum expansion period) · Ancient Egyptian (Middle Kingdom)
Qasr el-Sagha is the isolated, unfinished limestone temple on the barren plateau north of the Fayum depression, first described by Georg Schweinfurth 1884 and fully planned by German excavators.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Esna Temple of Khnum
Late Ptolemaic to Roman (1st–2nd c CE hall; full temple New Kingdom to Roman) · Egyptian (Ptolemaic-Roman Egyptian)
9 m below street level, surviving 24-column hypostyle hall 1st–2nd c CE of Khnum with astronomical ceiling and unique capitals.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Kom Ombo Temple
Ptolemaic to Roman (2nd c BCE–1st c CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Roman
Symmetrical double temple on Nile bluff dedicated jointly to Haroeris (falcon) and Sobek (crocodile) with duplicate courts and surgical relief.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Hawara Pyramid Complex (Amenemhat III)
Middle Kingdom (12th Dyn) · Ancient Egyptian
Amenemhat III's mudbrick Hawara pyramid and Herodotan labyrinth mortuary temple.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Karnak — Mut Precinct North Lake Ancillary (Luxor)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Karnak — Mut Precinct North Lake Ancillary (Luxor) in Luxor, Karnak, Mut Precinct, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attribut…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Philae — Trajan's Kiosk Ancillary Pavement
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Philae — Trajan's Kiosk Ancillary Pavement in Aswan, Philae Island, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New K…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Edfu — Horus Temple North Pylon Ancillary
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Edfu — Horus Temple North Pylon Ancillary in Aswan, Edfu, Horus Temple, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–N…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Kalabsha — Mandulis Temple North Pylon (Nubia)
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Kalabsha — Mandulis Temple North Pylon (Nubia) in Aswan, Kalabsha, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New Ki…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Wadi es-Sebua — Amenhotep III Temple North Court
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Wadi es-Sebua — Amenhotep III Temple North Court in Aswan, Wadi es-Sebua, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Kom Ombo — Dual Temple North Court Marginal
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian
Kom Ombo — Dual Temple North Court Marginal in Aswan, Kom Ombo, Egypt is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Old–New Kingd…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Dendera Temple Complex
Ptolemaic to Roman (54 BCE–117 CE major phase; origins Old Kingdom c.2250 BCE) · Egyptian (Late/Ptolemaic, Roman)
One of Egypt's best-preserved Ptolemaic-Roman temple complexes, the 40,000 m² walled Dendera enclosure centres on the Temple of Hathor (54 BCE) with 24 Hathor-headed columns, famed zodiac ceiling…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Hydraulic works
Serabit el-Khadim — Turquoise Mines and Hathor Temple
Old Kingdom to New Kingdom (2600–1100 BCE) · Egyptian Sinai expedition / Semitic workers
Serabit el-Khadim is the Middle–New Kingdom turquoise mine and Hathor Temple 2600 BCE–1100 BCE on Sinai plateau 850 m, 45 km E of Suez Gulf.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Labyrinth of Hawara
Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty c.1860–1814 BCE · Ancient Egyptian (Amenemhat III)
Herodotus's 3000-room labyrinth beside Faiyum now rubble field.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Serabit el-Khadim South Pillar — Hathor Turquoise Terrace Extension
Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1900–1100 BCE) · Egyptian turquoise mining
Serabit el-Khadim South Pillar — Hathor Turquoise Terrace Extension in South Sinai, Egypt is a Middle Kingdom to New Kingdom (1900–1100 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Egyptian turquoise mining.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Bawiti — Bahariya Temple of Alexander
Late Period to Greek (525–332 BCE, Alexander 332 BCE extension) · Egyptian Late–Greek Alexander
Bawiti — Bahariya Temple of Alexander in Giza Governorate (Bahariya), Egypt is a Late Period to Greek (525–332 BCE, Alexander 332 BCE extension) temple-complex attributed to Egyptian Late–Greek…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria
Hellenistic Ptolemaic 297–280 BCE · Greek (Ptolemaic Alexandria)
100-m Ptolemaic lighthouse wonder whose lantern guided ancient Mediterranean.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Marsa Alam Monastery? Actually Wadi Feiran — Sinai Oasis Monastery
Byzantine (4th–7th c. CE) · Byzantine Christian (Feiran is biblical Rephidim)
Marsa Alam Monastery? Actually Wadi Feiran — Sinai Oasis Monastery in South Sinai, Egypt is a Byzantine (4th–7th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Byzantine Christian (Feiran is biblical Rephidim).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Quarry
Kom Ombo North Quarry (Desert Quarry Road)
Ptolemaic to Roman (180 BCE–200 CE) · Ptolemaic / Roman (Upper Egypt)
Desert quarry supplying Kom Ombo's double temple with stuck naos.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Antaeopolis (Qaw el-Kebir Temple Town)
Old Kingdom to Late Antique (2700 BCE–7th c. CE) · Egyptian (nome capital)
Nome capital Tjebu with Ptolemy IV temple 18-column pronaos on high tell.