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temple of Hatshepsut

Map of northeastern Africa and the Middle East highlighting the location of Thebes in southern Egypt with a red star, indicating its status as a World Heritage Site. The map shows Egypt's borders with Libya, Sudan, Israel, and the surrounding seas, as well as the location of Cairo north of Thebes.

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Colossi of Memnon

Stone hallway in the Mortuary Temple of Seti I near Luxor, Egypt, with walls carved in relief showing Egyptian kings, gods, and hieroglyphics.

Stone frieze at Luxor depicting Ramses II standing in a chariot drawn by horses during the Battle of Kadesh, with detailed carvings of figures and hieroglyphs.

Travel down the Nile to discover important ancient Egyptian cultural sites such as the Pyramids of Giza

A tour of the Karnak temple complex in Egypt

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Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī

archaeological site, Egypt

Queens, Valley of the

Valley of the Queens

archaeological site, Egypt

Dayr al-Madinah

Dayr al-Madīnah

ancient settlement, Egypt

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Qinā

governorate, Egypt

Flag of Egypt with horizontal red, white, and black stripes and a gold eagle centered on the white stripe.

Egypt

country, Africa

Side view of the Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu rising behind it on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt.

ancient Egypt

ancient civilization

Key People

Ramses III

Ramses III

king of Egypt

Mariette

Auguste Mariette

French archaeologist

Howard Carter wearing a suit, bow tie, and tall top hat, poses for a formal portrait.

Howard Carter

British archaeologist

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George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, 5th earl of Carnarvon

British Egyptologist

Bernardino Passari: Saint Anthony Finds the Hermit Saint Paul Dead in the Arms of Angels

St. Paul of Thebes

Christian hermit

Three flint axes from the stone age. (prehistoric, tools, early humans, culture, archaeology, implements)

Ancient Civilizations

Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)

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Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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