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Ancient Egyptian Cities |
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| If you do not find the city you want below, go to the Grolier Encyclopedia (find it on the Main Egypt page) and look up the name of the city for more information. | |
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General Sites
(Most of these sites have many of the cities you
will need to research)
Color
Tour of Egypt -click on the name of
the city to see the information. The cities included are: Abu Simbel, Abydos, Aswan,
Dendera, Edfu, Giza, Kom Ombo, Luxor, Saqqara, and The West Bank/Luxor. read it
carefully since this includes information about modern Egypt also.
Tour
the Nile - A great website which
provides information on each of 12 cities along the Nile and one page on The
Nile itself. The cities are: Cairo, Giza, Saggara, Abydos, Dendara, West Thebes,
Esna, Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, Abu Simbel. Just click on the one you want
to know about.
Houses
and Villages of Ancient Egypt - This
site describes what was important about many of the cities / villages.
Map
of Egypt
this table helps locate the
pyramids of Egypt
Ancient
Egyptian Temples - a table which
locates the various temples in Egypt and tells to whom it was dedicated.
The
Pyramids of Ancient Egypt -
this site tells much about how the pyramids were made and where they are.
The
Temples of Ancient Egypt - same as
above, but for temples, not pyramids.
Memphis (Saggara)
| Saggara and Memphis | Memphis, City of Ancient Egypt - monuments in the city- lots of links - Columbia Ency. |
| Memphis | Memphis, a Special Edition |
| Memphis - combination of crowns | Pyramids, etc. around Saggara |
Thebes (Luxor)
| Thebes - this is from the InfoPlease.com site. | Thebes : City of Ancient Egypt - from Bartleby.com. |
| Thebes - Encyclopedia of the Orient | Karnak |
| Karnak Temple at Luxor | Karnak Virtual tour- a truly inspiring site with a panoramic camera showing the entire area of the temple. |
| Luxor Temple | Monuments at Karnak-many pictures, just click on NEXT to see them |
| Theban
Mapping Project - This site is
beautiful! It has movies and video which shows the location of the Valley of the
Kings and explains how the valley came to be and how it was uncovered. |
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Giza
| Virtual Giza | The Sphinx |
| The Great Pyramid | Pyramids of Giza - there are many pictures, click on NEXT |
| The Great Pyramid of Giza - Only remaining structure of the Seven Wonders of the World | |
Abu Simbel
| Temples at Abu Simbel | Abu Simbel |
| Temple of Ramses II - for more pictures, click NEXT | Abu Simbel - Sacred Places |
Aswan
| Philae Temple |
| Temple Complex at Philae - click on NEXT for all of the pictures |
Kom Ombo
| Memphis, a Special EditionTemples of Sebek & Haroeris, Kom Ombo |
| Kom OmboMemphis, a Special Edition |
| Kom Ombo - click on NEXT to see all of the pictures |
| Kom Ombo |
Edfu
Esna
| Temple of Khnum, Esna - click on NEXT for more pictures |
Abydos
| Abydos | Expeditions Past and Present : Abydos |
| Who built the Osireion? | Temple of Seti I - there are many more pictures, click on NEXT |
Faiyum
| Fayoum Oasis - other links tell of places to see in Fayoum | Pyramids of Faiyum |
| Karanis |
Dendera
| Dendera Temple | Temple of Dendera and Map |
| Temple of Hathor - not just this picture, keep clicking NEXT for more | |
Heliopolis
Hermopolis
| Hermopolis | Creation Myths of Ancient Egypt- 3 myths from 3 cities |
Bubastis
Thanks
to Tour Egypt for the pictures at the top of the page
Official Site of:
The Ministry of Tourism of Egypt
The Egyptian Tourist Authority