The largest hydro­elec­tric pow­er sta­tion in Egypt, locat­ed on the Nile Riv­er. It was built to reg­u­late the flow of the…

A colo­nial house where Swa­mi Vivekanan­da stayed after his return from Chica­go. It was also the loca­tion of the Ramakr…

The mis­sion of the Muse­um of Islam­ic Art (MIA) is to dis­play, pre­serve and inter­pret Islam­ic arti­facts, and to reach …

Built in 1892 by Abbas II of Egypt Abbas Hil­mi Pasha, the last khe­dive of Egypt. One of the palace build­ings, the ”H…

Art gallery, locat­ed in what was Khalil’s palace.

Raised in 877 by the Abbasid gov­er­nor, this mosque has a style rem­i­nis­cent of the Samar­ra mosque in Iraq, quite diffe…

Home to the Peo­ple’s Assem­bly. There are tours offered and a muse­um chron­i­cling the Egypt­ian gov­ern­ment. Unclear if t…

The offi­cial muse­um of the Egypt­ian mil­i­tary. Con­tains a sep­a­rate dis­play for each war fought by mod­ern Egypt. Air­pla…

A gift from the Class of 1915. The stage is a sun­burst of gray, red and beige mar­ble with the year 1915 set in. It is…

A gift from the stu­dent bod­ies of 1997–98 and 1998–99. It is used for a num­ber of activ­i­ties rang­ing from stu­dent fai…

A gate oppo­site to Purana Qila built by Sher Shah Suri. Some his­to­ri­ans believe that this marked the bound­ary of Sher…

Erect­ed by Baron Empain, this utter­ly bizarre struc­ture was inspired by Angkor Wat and the Hin­du tem­ples of Oris­sa (n…

Col­lec­tions are show­cased on the low­er floors in the Sil­ver Muse­um, the Arms Muse­um, the Roy­al Fam­i­ly Muse­um, and the…

The nation­al park is divid­ed into por­tions that are land and por­tions that are the sea. The land accounts for the la…

Ras Muham­mad Nation­al Park is locat­ed in Egypt on the Sinai Penin­su­la. It is found at the most south­ern tip of the pe…

The cap­i­tal of the Old King­dom of Egypt has some extra­or­di­nary funer­ary mon­u­ments, includ­ing rock tombs, ornate mas­ta…

Khafre was the son and suc­ces­sor of Khu­fu. His pyra­mid (at 136 m) is slight­ly small­er than the Great Pyra­mid, but it’…

Menkau­re was prob­a­bly the son and suc­ces­sor of Khafre. His pyra­mid is the small­est here at 62m (203ft) high, orig­i­nal…

The old­est, the largest in Egypt, and the last sur­viv­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Sev­en Won­ders of the Ancient World. It…

The church, bap­tistry, basil­i­cas, pub­lic build­ings, streets, monas­ter­ies, hous­es and work­shops in this ear­ly Chris­tia…

The City Stars Sharm El Sheikh lagoon, which opened in 2015, is offi­cial­ly the world’s largest man-made body of water…

White Desert Nation­al Park is locat­ed just slight­ly north­west of the cen­tral point of Egypt. The park cov­ers an area …

The Blue Hole is a ver­ti­cal under­wa­ter cave more than 120 m deep, sur­round­ed by the most beau­ti­ful reef of the Red Se…