Egypt Guides
4 comprehensive guides for destinations across Egypt.
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Luxor: Egypt's Open-Air Museum and the People Who Keep It Alive
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Culture & HistoryThe Pyramids of Giza: A Guide to Egypt's Last Ancient Wonder
You do not prepare for the pyramids. You arrive expecting stones and sand, and you leave understanding that something has shifted in how you see human endeavor. The three main pyramids — Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure — sit on the Giza Plateau about 13 kilometers southwest of central Cairo. They have b
Culture & HistoryCairo: A City That Lives Inside Its Own History
Cairo is not a city you visit. It is a city that visits you—through the dust that coats your shoes, the call to prayer that fractures the morning air, the diesel fumes that taste of cumin and burnt rubber. Twenty million people navigate this urban labyrinth daily, moving through layers of history so
Culture & Historyaswan-egypt-culture-history-guide
Start on Elephantine Island, the long granite outcrop that splits the Nile at Aswan's center. The northern end holds the Aswan Museum and the ruins of Abu, the ancient border town that guarded Egypt's southern frontier. The temple of Khnum here is fragmentary but evocative—columns still standing, hi