Nile Valley

The largest religious complex ever built, its Great Hypostyle Hall a forest of 134 colossal sandstone columns.

Ramesses II's mountain-carved colossi near the Sudanese border — the most awe-inspiring monument in all Egypt.

The largest and most complete temple in Egypt, its towering pylon and dark sanctuary virtually untouched by time.

Four 20m colossi of the pharaoh guard a mountain temple carved for eternity — the supreme statement of Pharaonic power.

A rare double temple split down the middle for Sobek and Haroeris, glowing gold above the Nile at sunset.

Egypt's most complete temple, its hypostyle hall ceiling restored to vivid blues and golds above colossal Hathor columns.

An L-shaped temple of seven sanctuaries whose painted bas-reliefs are the most exquisite and delicate in all Egypt.

Drift over the Theban necropolis at dawn as the sun ignites the temples, the Nile and the green valley below.