Egypt as you've never seen it
8 places. Pyramids of Giza, Grand Egyptian Museum, Saqqara, Dahshur Pyramids, Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Memphis Open-Air Museum
A monument you know by sight, but only understand when you stand beside it
Between the weight of the past and the surprise of the present, you stand before a great gateway. Pass through it and you have crossed out of your own time. What the pharaohs built is in front of you, and the wonder arrives slowly, until you realise this is not a place you pass through and leave, but one that stays in you.
Archaeological site · Nazlet El-Semman, Giza Under review
Ancient Egypt, shown at the scale it deserves
Beside the Giza pyramids, the Grand Egyptian Museum is the largest new museum devoted to ancient Egypt. The visit moves from Ramses II and the Grand Staircase to the main galleries and the complete Tutankhamun display.
Museum · Al-Remaya, Giza Under review
Before the perfect pyramid, there was Saqqara
Saqqara is one of Egypt's most important ancient necropolises, with monuments spanning thousands of years. Its best-known landmark is Djoser's Step Pyramid, the earliest known pyramid, alongside the Serapeum, later pyramids and richly decorated tombs.
Archaeological site · Al-Badrashin, Saqqara Under review
Here you can see the pyramid being perfected
Dahshur is an important archaeological site south of Saqqara that preserves a crucial stage in pyramid development. Its best-known monuments are Sneferu's Bent and Red pyramids, which reveal the steps toward the stable true-pyramid form.
Archaeological site · Al-Badrashin, Dahshur Under review
A European art collection inside its collector’s home
The Mahmoud Khalil Museum occupies a palace built around 1915 and once home to collector and statesman Mahmoud Khalil and his wife, Emiline Hector Luce. European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts retain the intimacy of a private collection.
Museum · Dokki, Giza Under review
Memphis through its surviving sculpture.
A colossal Ramesses II and an alabaster sphinx at Mit Rahina Open-Air Museum, a useful stop with Saqqara.
Archaeological site · Al-Badrashin, Giza Information reviewed
Watching thread become an image.
A weaving and arts centre in Harraniya, combining workshops, domed buildings and Ramses Wissa Wassef's teaching legacy.
Craft workshop · Al-Haraniya, Giza Under review
The Prince of Poets at home by the Nile.
Karmet Ibn Hani, Ahmed Shawki’s Nile-side home, is now a small museum of manuscripts, objects and photographs inside the poet’s own residence.
Museum · Dokki, Giza Under review