Cairo, EgyptUNESCO 1979

Cairo and Luxor

The largest museum on earth next to the oldest capital, and the tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

30.0444° N, 31.2357° E · Open in map ↗

Stories from Cairo and Luxor

Cairo and Luxor: A Practical Guide from Giza to the Valley of the Kings

The world's largest archaeological museum beside Giza's pyramids, Cairo's old markets and Coptic churches, and the Valley of the Kings at Luxor, planned over three days plus two.

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Luxor, the Nile Valley and the Tombs: A Practical Guide

The largest open-air museum in the world: the Nile, the temples of Thebes and Tutankhamun's tomb, rediscovered in 1922.

14 min read