LUXOR

A) EAST BANK

1) Karnak Temple

It was constructed from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom to the Greek – RomanKingdom. Every king during these periods contributed in the construction of this temple. 
Karnak Temple has three main sacred areas that honor three god: Amun , the goddess Mut, and Khonsu, were members of the sacred family known as the Theban Triad.


2)  Luxor Temple
It was built by AmunhotepIII in 18th Dynasty in the New Kingdom and it was completed by Ramesses II during the 19th Dynasty. It was dedicated to the great god Amun-Ra, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu together representing the Theban triad.
It was the center of the most important festival which was celebrated in ancient time. The festival name was the Opet festival held from Karnak temple to Luxor temple.

3) Luxor Museum,  
This wonderful little museum on the Corniche, about half way between the Luxor and Karnak temples, has a small but well-chosen collection of relics from the Theban temples and necropolis. The displays, which include pottery, jewelry, furniture, status and stelae, were arranged by the Brooklyn Museum of New York.

B) WEST BANK

1) Valley of the Kings,  
It was used for burial, there are many kings buried in this valley. Moreover, the shapes of the tombs have been changed from pyramids style to the cut rock tombs in the mountain.
The Valley of the Kings actually has two sections, the East Valley and the West Valley. The East Valley,in which most of the tombs of the New Kingdom Pharaohs can be found, is one of the most places visited by tourists. It consists of 62 tombs, which were arranged at first according to their dates of discovery, but after that they were geographically arranged.
The most known tombs are King Tutmosis I, Tutmosis III , Tut-Ankh-Amon, King Ramssess VI, King Mrenptah and AmonhotepII. The tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amun is famous as it was the only tomb found intact as it evidently had remained hidden until its discovery in 1922.

2) Valley of the Queens,  
It was built to house the tombs of the queens, princes and Princess of the XVIII, XVIV, and XX.
Valley of the Queens is also known as Biban al Harim and Ta Set Neferu, which means "seat of beauty". From 1903 to 1906, an Italian expedition discovered about eighty tombs, some of which belonged to children of royalty.
The plan of these tombs usually consists of a small antechamber, long narrow corridor with several side chambers and at the end the burial chamber.
The most famous of all the tombs is for queen Titi, most propaply queen from the 20th dynasty In fact this beautiful tomb was in a bad condition because of the salt crystals seeping through its poor quality limestone. It was restored and reopened for visitors. Nefertari was the principal consort of king Ramses II.
This tomb of Nefertary discovered in 1904 by the Italian Ernesto Schiaparelli. It is about 27.5 meters long, and eight meters under ground level. It was dug in a very friable layer of rock so that the walls were covered by a thick layer of plaster.
When discovered, the sepulcher seemed to have been broken into since ancient times, all the objects had disappeared and the mummy of one of the most famous Egyptian queens had been reduced to a sunder.
Her tomb consists of a stairway leading down to a hall where on the walls there are representations of the queen with different gods and goddesses. The hall leads to an inner side chamber decorated with religious scenes such as queen Nefertari making burning incense and giving offerings to Osiris and Atom. A corridor then leads to the burial chamber whose wall is decorated with scenes of the Book of The Gates.

3) Temple of Queen Hatshepsut,  
It was built by Queen Hatshepsut, daughter of Thutmosis I, who ruled Egypt about 20 years during the 18th Dynasty(1490—1469 B.C).
She was considered the first and only women who get the Pharaoh title; as it was representing as a man all the time. Concerning here death there isn't any thing proof whether she was murdered or dead.
It was built as a dedication to God Amon-Re, who was Hatshepsut's father in her legend.


4) Colossi of Memnon,  
They were built by Amenhotep III known as Memnonin the Greek Period. 
This Funerary temple was built for the funerary ceremonies during the kings' coronation.
These two quartz statues represent the king seated upon his throne which bears the symbols of the Upper and Lower God Nile —Hapi. They have not always stood where they are today. They once stood before the mud brick pylon of a mortuary temple. Few of its remains can be seen, but its layout has been established from soundings of the area. After the destruction of the Temple, its blocks reused in the construction of the Karnak Temple

 
KOM OMBO
The temple of Kom Ombo was built on the honor of two deities the crocodile-headed Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world, and Haroeris or the ancient falcon-headed Horus. 
It can be said that the main purpose of establishing the Ptolemaic temples is to legitimize the loyalty of the foreign king in Egypt. This legitimacy came from the relives on the walls while performing the processions to the gods and be worshiped side by side with them.  
The temple is unique in its design as it consists of two adjoining temples. Each part has its entrance and hypostyle halls, chapels. It was also covered with sand. The temple was called "House of the Crocodile" and "Castle of the Falcon". 
There are two triads in the temple; one belongs to Haroeris, his wife Tasenetnefret, and their son, Panebtawy. The other triad belongs to god Sobek, Hathor and Khonsu. 
The name of Kom Ombo is derived from the ancient Egyptian name site of Ombos, which is from the ancient Egyptian word 'nwbt', which means "gold'.? In ancient Egypt, the city was important to the caravan routes from Nubia and various gold mines.

EDFU

Edfu is situated about 33 miles south of Esna and 65 miles north of Aswan. The town was known as Tbot by the early Egyptians, by the Greeks as Apollinopolis Magna and as Atbo during Coptic times.
The main attraction in Edfu is the Temple of Horus, which is considered by most to be the best preserved cult temple in Egypt. According to the Egyptian myths, it was the place where the falcon-headed god Horus revenged the murder of his father Osiris by killing Seth.
Edfu played a great role in religious and commercial which leads this city to be the capital of the second Nome of Upper Egypt and producer for sugar and pottery

ASWAN

1) Philae Temple, 
It was built by some of the Ptolemaic kings such as Ptolemy 8th and Ptolemy 12th.  
The temple was built on the honor of goddess Isis the chief deity of the island.
The temple was reorganized on the island of Agilkia as it was on Philae Island. The construction of this temple consists of the Mammisi, which is in the center and the ambulatory is behind it, then there are two pylons to the north and to the south. 
To the left of the smaller pylon, there is the main temple of goddess Isis. To the right of the large pylon, there is the long open court which extends to the south of the island. 
Ptolemy I made this island to be a cult center of goddess Isis to create a struggle between the priests of goddess Isis - which was the goddess of Philae temple - and the priests of god Khunum. According to this struggle, he could be able to know what happened in the southern borders of the country.


2) The Granite Quarries, 
Which supplied the ancient Egyptians with most of the hard stone used in pyramids and temples and a huge Unfinished Obelisk. Three sides of the shaft, which measures nearly 42 meters long, were completed except for the inscriptions and it would have been the largest single piece of stone ever handled if a flaw had not appeared in the granite. So it lies there, where the disappointed stonemasons abandoned it, still partly attached to the parent rock and with no indication of what it was intended for.

3) The High dam, 
In 1952, the interim Revolutionary Council government of Egypt decided to build a High Dam at Aswan, about four miles upstream of the old dam. In 1954, Egypt requested loans from the World Bank to help pay for the cost of the dam (which eventually added up to US$1 billion). 
Before the building of a dam at Aswan, Egypt experienced annual floods from the Nile River which deposited 4 million tons of nutrient-rich sediment which enabled agricultural production. This process began millions of years before Egyptian civilization began in the Nile valley and continued until the first dam at Aswan was built in 1889. This dam was insufficient to hold back the water of the Nile and was subsequently raised in 1912 and 1933. In 1946, the true danger was revealed when the water in the reservoir peaked near the top of the dam. 
Initially, the United States agreed to loan Egypt money but then withdrew their offer for unknown reasons. Some speculate that it may have been due to Egyptian and Israeli conflict. The United Kingdom, France, and Israel had invaded Egypt in 1956, soon after Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal to help pay for the dam. 
The Soviet Union offered to help and Egypt accepted. The Soviet Union's support was not unconditional, however. Along with the money, they also sent military advisers and other workers to help enhance Egyptian-Soviet ties and relations.
In order to build the dam both people and artifacts had to be moved. Over 90,000 Nubians had to be relocated. Those who had been living in Egypt were moved about 28 miles (45 km) away but the Sudanese Nubians were relocated 370 miles (600 km) from their homes. The government was also forced to develop one of the largest Abu Simbel temple and dig for artifacts before the future lake would drown the land of the Nubians.


4) Kitcheners Island, 
One of the most delightful places in Aswan, this Island was given to Lord Horatio Kitchener in the 1890s when he was consul-general of Egypt and commander of the Egyptian army. Indulging his passion for beautiful flowers, Kitchener turned the entire island into a botanic garden, importing from the Far East, India and other parts of Africa. The gardens, which are perfect for a peaceful stroll, attract an amazing variety of colorful exotic birds.