
Pharaoh’s Island
Pharaoh's Island in the Gulf of Aqaba near Taba is a Crusader fortress captured by Saladin in 1170 CE — the on...

Aga Khan Mausoleum
The Aga Khan Mausoleum on Aswan's west bank is a Fatimid-style white dome monument on a desert hilltop — the t...

Ben Ezra Synagogue
The Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo's Coptic Quarter is the site of the Cairo Geniza — 280,000 medieval manuscript...

Saladin Citadel of Cairo
The Saladin Citadel of Cairo is Egypt's most significant medieval fortress — founded in 1176 CE by Saladin and...
Alexandria
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Qaitbay Citadel
Fort Qaitbay in Alexandria is a 1480 CE Mamluk fortress built on the site of the ancient Pharos lighthouse — o...

Bayt al-Suhaymi
Bayt al-Suhaymi is Islamic Cairo's finest Ottoman-era merchant house — a 1648 CE domestic compound with carved...

Bab Zuwayla
Bab Zuweila is Cairo's last surviving Fatimid southern gate (1092 CE) — topped by the minarets of the al-Mu'ay...
Wadi Natrun Monasteries
The Wadi Natrun Monasteries are four of the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian communities — foun...

Hanging Church
The Hanging Church is Egypt's most celebrated Coptic monument — a 7th-century church suspended over a Roman fo...
Saint Catherine
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Saint Catherine’s Monastery
St. Catherine's Monastery is the world's oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery — a UNESCO World He...

Church of Saint Menas
The Saint Mina Church and pilgrimage site at Abu Mena marks one of the ancient world's most important Christia...

Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo is the seat of the Coptic Pope and mother church of Africa's o...

Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo)
Coptic Cairo is the world's most historically layered religious district — Roman fortress walls, Egypt's oldes...

Church of the Virgin Mary
The Church of the Virgin Mary at Zeitoun is the site of the celebrated 1968–1971 apparitions witnessed by up t...

Church of St. Mercurius
The Church of Saint Mercurius (Abu Sifein) is Old Cairo's most extensive Coptic church compound — a multi-hall...

Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church
The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Abu Serga) is Cairo's oldest church — a 4th-century basilica built o...

Church of Saint George
The Church of Saint George in Old Cairo is Egypt's most architecturally unusual Christian building — a circula...

Church of Saint Barbara
The Church of Saint Barbara is one of Cairo's oldest Coptic churches — a 7th-century basilica within the Roman...

Qalawun complex
The Sultan Qalawun Complex is the finest Mamluk monument in Egypt — a mosque, madrasa, and medieval hospital b...
Cairo
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Al-Mu’izz Street
Al-Muizz Street is the world's largest open-air museum of Islamic architecture — a 1,000-year-old Cairo thorou...

Muhammad Ali Mosque
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali — Cairo's Alabaster Mosque — is the most dominant landmark in Egypt's capital, an O...

Mosque of Ibn Tulun
Ibn Tulun Mosque is Cairo's oldest mosque in its original form (879 CE) — a vast brick monument with a unique ...
Alexandria
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Nabi Daniel Mosque : The Intersection of Legend
The Nabi Daniel Mosque in Alexandria sits at the intersection of Islamic history and ancient legend — long cla...

Al-Rifa’i Mosque
Al-Rifa'i Mosque is Cairo's royal mausoleum — containing the tombs of Egypt's last three monarchs and the Shah...

Al-Hussein Mosque
The Mosque of al-Hussain is Egypt's most sacred Islamic shrine — built over the supposed resting place of the ...

Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque is the world's oldest continuously functioning university (970 CE) and the supreme authority o...

Al Aqmar Mosque
Al-Aqmar Mosque (1125 CE) is Cairo's most architecturally innovative Fatimid monument — the first mosque in Eg...

Abu Haggag Mosque
The Abu Haggag Mosque at Luxor is Egypt's most dramatic example of religious layering — an active 13th-century...

Abu Al-Abbas Al-Mursi Mosque
The Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi is Alexandria's finest Islamic monument — a four-domed 13th-century Sufi s...

