UNESCO world heritage sites in Egypt

This is a list of World Heritage Sites in Egypt with properties of cultural and natural heritage in Egypt as inscribed in Unesco world heritage sites in Egypt. 

• Abu Mena (1979)
• Ancient Thebes with Its Necropolis (1979)
• Historic Cairo (1979)
• Memphis and its Necropolis: the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1979)
• Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (1979)
• Saint Catherine Area (2002)
• Wadi Al-Hitan or Whale Valley

There are 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Egypt (and one of them is even on the danger list). We go through each Unesco world heritage site in Egypt to give you a little history and let you know which sites are a must-see and which you can skip.

With Maestro Egypt Tours, you will scout Abu Mena, Abu Mena was a town, monastery complex, and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt, about 50 km (31 mi) southwest of Alexandria. Its remains were designated a World Heritage Site in 1979. There are very few standing remains, but the foundations of most major buildings, such as the great basilica, are easily discernible.

Recent agricultural efforts in the area have led to a significant rise in the water table, which has caused a number of the site's buildings to collapse or become unstable. The site was added to the list of World Heritage in Danger in 2001. Authorities were forced to place sand in the bases of buildings that are most endangered on the site.

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae (1979), Abu Simbel Temple situated near Egypt’s southern borders with Sudan, 280 km south of Aswan, the Temples of Abu Simbel are amongst the most interesting of all Pharaonic temples, There are two temples cut into the rock dating back to King Ramses II, one is for Ramses and the other for Nefertari.

The first Temple Ramses II Temple was built by King Ramses II and is dedicated to the God Re-Hor-Akhty, Amon Ptah, and King Ramses II as a deified King, Its facade is 35m. long and 30m high, The facade has four seated colossi of the King, each one is 20m tall and represents the King seated on his throne wearing the double crown, accompanied by 3 small figures of his wives, daughters and sons flanking his legs, Near to the summit of the facade there is a number of baboons and above the entrance stands the figure of Re-Hor-Akhtar.

The Temple of Queen Nefertari is located 120m. from the Temple of Ramses II and was also built by Ramses II, dedicated to the Goddess Hathor and to his wife Queen Nefertari, Queen Nefertari was the principal and the most beloved wife of King Ramses II, It is also a rock-cut Temple with a facade of about 28m. long and 12m. high, which contains 6 standing colossi, each one being about 11m. in height, Four of them represent Ramses II and the other two represent Queen Nefertari, each accompanied by two smaller figures of their children.

Ancient Thebes with Its Necropolis (1979),Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a striking testimony to Egyptian civilization at its height.

Historic Cairo (1979), Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, madrasas, hammams, and fountains. Founded in the 10th century, it became the new center of the Islamic world, reaching its golden age in the 14th century.

Memphis and its Necropolis: the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur (1979), The name of Memphis is derived from the Ancient Egyptian name called Min-Nefer, then Greeks called it latter Memphis. Nowadays it is a local village called Mit Rahina. It was founded in the 1st Dynasty (3100 B.C) by King Narmer, Memphis was the capital of Ancient Egypt and the first capital city founded after the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. It remained the capital of Ancient Egypt throughout the Old Kingdom. Memphis was a center for the worship of Ptah, god of creation and artworks, The creator god Ptah, his consort Sekhmet, and their son Nefertem, were the main focus of worship in the city that formed the Memphis triad.

The city of Memphis was the capital of ancient Egypt. It was the King's residence and the political-administrative center until around 2,200.after unification for upper and lower Egypt.

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