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The Ben Ezra Synagogue was originally a church that was destroyed and the ruins given to Abraham ben Ezra, a 12th century rabbi of Jerusalem.

The Mausoleum of Aga Khan in Aswan is a small, white, domed building high up on the sandy slopes opposite the Old Cataract Hotel. It holds the body of Mohammed Shah Aga Khan III.

The poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933) was born to Greek parents but spent most of his life in Alexandria. This small museum is housed in the flat where he spent the last 25 years of his life.

The new Bibliotheca Alexandria is striking in its architecture and also contains a Planetarium and Science Museum. The main library is encased in a giant cylindrical building at the far northern end of the corniche.

Egyptian Museum is the richest display center of Egyptian antiquities in the world that houses about 16,000 artifacts of which less than half is displayed on the shelves and the rest kept in the stores.

Citadel of Salah El Din dominates Cairo's eastern skyline with its raised rocky platform on the edge of Cairo. Citadel was built by the famed Muslim general Saladin in 1176. The fortress served as Egypt's seat of power for the next 700 years.

Pyramids of Giza sound and light show, see schedule and watch video of the spectacular sound and light show at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Dominating the eastern Cairo skyline, the Mosque of Mohamed Ali is a relative newcomer, having been constructed as recently as the mid 19th century. It was erected on the orders of the reformist ruler Mohamed Ali.

is an archaeological site comprising two massive rock temples in southern Egypt on the western bank of Lake Nasser about 290 km southwest of Aswan. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments".

Lake Nasser is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. It was created as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam across the waters of the Nile between 1958 and 1970 and its purpose was to protect Nile’s coasts from flooding.