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Remains of columns with lotus capitals. Ruins of the city of Tanis in the Nile delta (13th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt.
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Remains of columns with lotus capitals. Ruins of the city of Tan...

Ruins of the city of Tanis in the Nile delta. The reconstructed gate of a large, Ramesside temple of Amun and a head of a pharaoh's statue. (13th BCE), 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt.
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Ruins of the city of Tanis in the Nile delta. The reconstructed gate o...

Sculpted stone slabs and architravs with Ramesside cartouches (13th BCE) from the ruins of the city of Tanis in the Nile River delta in Egypt.
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Sculpted stone slabs and architravs with Ramesside cartouche...

The reconstructed gate of a large Amun Temple, a triad of local gods, a statue of Pharaoh Ramses II, and the head of another statue (all 13th BCE), from the ruins of Tanis, Nile River delta, Egypt.
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The reconstructed gate of a large Amun Temple, a triad of local gods, a...

Temple of Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) at Abu Simbel, on the shores of Lake Nasser. When the new high dam was built and the new lake flooded the banks of the Nile valley, the temple was relocated, under a UNESCO project, to a site 65 m higher and 210 m inland.
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Temple of Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE) at Abu Simbel, on the shores of Lake Na...

Second temple at Abu Simbel, dedicated to the goddess Hathor and to Queen Nefertari, wife of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE). The statues are roughly 10 m high and show Ramses II, Queen Nefertari with the attributes of Hathor, and their children.
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Second temple at Abu Simbel, dedicated to the goddess Hathor and to Queen Nefe...

The three most famous pyramids on the plateau of Gizeh: from l. to r. Cheops, Chefren and Mykerinos. These three pyramids were all built between 2.589 and 2.350 BCE. Cheops is 137 m high, Chefren 136 m, and Mykerinos 66.5 m.
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The three most famous pyramids on the plateau of Gizeh: from l. to r. Che...

The processional way to the tomb of Pharaoh Unas, 2310-2290, 5th dynasty. The road was originally covered with stone slabs with only a narrow slit through which the sunlight could enter.
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The processional way to the tomb of Pharaoh Unas, 2310-2290, 5th dynasty....

Small pyramids in the Gizeh area, seen from the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Nyuserre (5th dynasty, 2494-2345 BCE) at Abu Ghurab.
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Small pyramids in the Gizeh area, seen from the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Ny...

Remains of the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Nyuserre (5th dynasty, 2494-2345 BCE). View of the Western Desert.
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Remains of the Sun Temple of Pharaoh Nyuserre (5th dynasty, 2494-2345...

Complex of Pharaoh Djozer (3rd dynasty,2686-2613 BCE), Saqqara. The step-pyramid built by Djozer's chief of works, the deified Imhotep.
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Complex of Pharaoh Djozer (3rd dynasty,2686-2613 BCE), Saqqara. The step-pyrami...

Complex of Pharaoh Djozer (2686-2613 BCE) built by the deified Imhotep, the pharaoh's chief of works. Square of the "Hebset-Festival"when the king, to prove his undiniminshed strength, ran around the square. Chapels of the chief gods of Upper and Lower Egypt.
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Complex of Pharaoh Djozer (2686-2613 BCE) built by the deified Imhotep, the...