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Three museums and a planetarium tucked beneath the great reading room.
AlexandriaChatby, Alexandria
The jewels of Mohamed Ali's family, in a palace with extraordinary stained glass.
AlexandriaZizinia, Alexandria
The Alexandrian Greek poet's flat, as he wrote "Ithaka" in it.
AlexandriaCity centre, Alexandria
Four Greco-Roman rock-cut tombs, in a neighbourhood garden.
AlexandriaRushdy, Alexandria
Egypt's only Roman theatre, with its baths and ancient lecture halls.
A Roman house whose mosaics show nine birds, protected under a shelter.
AlexandriaKom el-Dikka, Alexandria
Some twenty houses in red and black brick, unique in Egypt.
The Delta and the north coastRosetta (Rashid)
From prehistory to the canal, Egypt told facing the Mediterranean.
The Delta and the north coastPort Said
The house where Saint Louis was imprisoned after the Seventh Crusade's defeat.
The Delta and the north coastMansoura
A field of toppled obelisks in the Delta, and intact royal tombs.
The Delta and the north coastSan el-Hagar, Sharqia
The city of the cat goddess Bastet, and its cemetery of mummified cats.
The Delta and the north coastZagazig, Sharqia
A double temple, shared between the crocodile Sobek and the falcon Haroeris.
AswanKom Ombo
The worksite that produced the obelisks and colossi of all Egypt.
AswanAswan
An avenue of sphinxes and lions in the middle of the desert, almost never visited.
FayoumSouthern Fayoum
An unfinished temple of cyclopean blocks, alone in the desert above the lake.
FayoumNorth of Lake Qarun
An Ottoman port left intact between Hurghada and Marsa Alam.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaQuseir
A fortified monastery in the desert, around the cave of the first Christian hermit.
Marsa Alam & the Red SeaEastern Desert, near the Red Sea
Twenty Egyptian sovereigns, moved in 2021 into a hall built for them.
CairoFustat
Seven thousand headstones aligned facing the desert, in total silence.
Marsa Matrouh and SiwaEl Alamein, north coast
Four hands-on floors and a planetarium dome — but the door closes in the early afternoon.
CairoHeliopolis
