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List of Ancient Egyptian sites

List of Ancient Egyptian sites, throughout all of Egypt and Nubia

Sites are listed with their classical name whenever possible, else their modern name and last if no other available their ancient name.

Contents

Lower Egypt (The Nile Delta)

  • Alexandria
  • Athribis (Modern: "Tell Atrib", Ancient: "Hut-Heryib" or "Hut-Tahery-Ibt")
  • Avaris (Modern: "Tell el-Dab'a", Ancient: "Pi-Ri'amsese")
  • Behbeit el-Hagar
  • Bilbeis
  • Bubastis (Modern: "Tell Basta", Ancient: "Bast")
  • Busiris (Modern: "Abusir")
  • Buto (Modern: "Tell el-Fara'in", Ancient: "Pe")
  • Cairo (or near Cairo)
  • El-Baqliya
  • El-Khata'na
  • Iseum (Modern: "Behbeit el-Hagar", Ancient: "Hebyt")
  • Kom el-Hisn (Ancient: "Imu")
  • Leontopolis (Yahudiya) (Modern: "Tell el-Yahudiya", Ancient: "Nay-Ta-Hut")
  • Leontopolis (Modern: "Tell el-Muqdam")
  • Naukratis (Modern: "el-Gi'eif", "el-Niqrash","el-Nibeira")
  • Memphite Necropolis (Memphis)
  • Mendes (Modern: "Tell el-Rub'a", Ancient: "'Anpet")
  • Qantir
  • Sais (Modern: "Sa el-Hagar", Ancient: "Zau")
  • Saft el-Hinna (Ancient: "Per-Sopdu")
  • Sebennytos (Modern: "Samannud", Ancient: "Tjebnutjer")
  • Shagamba
  • Suwa
  • Taposiris Magna (Modern: "Abusir")
  • Tanis (Modern: "San el-Hagar", Ancient: "Djan'net")
  • Tell el-Maskhuta (Ancient: "Tjeku")
  • Tell el-Rataba
  • Tell el-Sahaba
  • Tell Nabasha
  • Tell Qua'
  • Terenuthis (Modern: "Kom Abu Billo")
  • Thmuis (Modern: "Tell el-Timai")
  • Xois (Modern: "Sakha")

Middle Egypt

  • Akoris (Modern: "Tihna el-Gebel")
  • Ankyronon Polis (Modern: "el-Hiba", Ancient: "Teudjoi")
  • Antinoopolis (Modern: "el-Sheikh 'Ibada")
  • Beni Hasan
  • Deir el-Gabrawi
  • Deir el-Bersha
  • Dishasha
  • el-'Amarna (Ancient: "Akhetaten")
  • el-Lahum
  • el-Sheikh Sa'id
  • Faiyum
  • Fraser Tombs
  • Hermopolis Magna (Modern: "el-Ashmunein", Ancient: "Khmun")
  • Hur (Ancient: "Herwer")
  • Lykopolis (Modern: "Asyut", Ancient: "Zawty")
  • Meir
  • Oxyrhynchus (Modern: "el-Bahnasa", Ancient: "Per-Medjed")
  • Sharuna
  • Speos Artemidos (Modern: "Istabl 'Antar")
  • Tuna el-Gebel
  • Zawyet el-Maiyitin

Upper Egypt

Northern Upper Egypt

  • Abydos (Ancient: "Abedju")
    • el-'Araba el Madfuna
    • Kom el-Sultan
    • Umm el-Qa'ab
  • Apollinopolis Parva (Modern: "Qus", Ancient: "Gesa" or "Gesy")
    • Qus Necropolis
  • Antaeopolis (Modern: "Qaw el-Kebir", Ancient: "Tjebu" or "Djew-Qa")
  • Athribis (Modern: "Wannina", Ancient: "Hut-Repyt")
  • Beit Khallaf
  • Tentyris (Modern: "Dendera", Ancient: "Iunet" or "Tantere")
  • Diospolis Parva (Modern: "Hiw", Ancient: "Hut-Sekhem")
  • el-Hawawish
  • el-Salamuni
  • Khemmis or Panopolis (Modern: "Akhmin", Ancient: "Ipu" or "Khent-Min")
  • Khenoboskion (Modern: "el-Qasr", "el-Saiyad")
  • Koptos (Modern: "Qift", Ancient: "Gebtu")
  • Nag' el-Madamud (Ancient: "Mabu")
  • Ombos (Modern: "Naqada", Ancient: "Nubt")
  • Shanhur

Southern Upper Egypt

  • Aphroditopolis (Modern: "Gebelein", Ancient: "Per-Hathor")
  • Apollinopolis Magna (Modern: "Edfu", Ancient: "Djeba, Mesen")
  • Aswan
    • Agilkia Island
    • Elephantine Island
    • New Kalabsha
    • Northern Granite Quarries
    • Philae Island
    • Qubbet el-Hawa
    • Sehel Island
    • Southern Granite Quarries
  • el-Mo'alla (Ancient: "Hefat")
  • Eileithyiaspolis (Modern: "el-Kab", Ancient: "Nekheb")
  • Gebel el-Silsila (Ancient: "Kheny")
  • Hermonthis (Modern: "Armant", Ancient: "Iuny")
  • Hierakonpolis (Modern: "Kom el-Ahmar", Ancient: "Nekhen")
  • Kom Ombo
    • Ombos (Modern: "Kom Ombo", Ancient: "Nubt")
  • Latopolis (Modern: "Esna", Ancient: "Iunyt, Senet, Tasenet")
  • Thebes (Modern: "Luxor", Ancient: "Niwt-rst" or "Waset")
    • Deir el-Medina
      • Temple of Hathor
      • Workmen's Village
    • Deir el-Bahri
      • Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
      • Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep
      • Temple of Amun
    • Deir el-Shelwit
      • Temple of Isis
    • Dra' Abu el-Naga'
    • el-Malqata
      • Palace of Amenhotep III
    • el-Tarif
    • Karnak (Ancient: "Ipet-Isut")
      • Temple of Amenhotep IV
      • Precinct of Amon-Re
      • Precinct of Montu
      • Precinct of Mut
    • Luxor (Ancient: "Ipet-Resyt")
    • Medinet Habu
      • Mortuary Temple & Palace of Ramesses III
      • Mortuary Temple of Aya & Haremhab
    • Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
    • Mortuary Temple of Merneptah
    • Mortuary Temple of Ramesses IV
    • Mortuary Temple of Thutmose IV
    • Mortuary Temple of Thutmose III
    • Qasr el-'Aguz
      • Temple of Thoth
    • Qurna
      • Mortuary Temple of Seti I
    • Ramesseum (Mortuary Temple of Ramesses II)
    • Valley of the Kings (Modern: "Wadi el-Muluk")
    • Valley of the Queens (Modern: "Biban el-Harim")
  • Tuphium (Modern: "Tod", Ancient: "Djerty")

Lower Nubia

  • 'Amada
  • Abu Simbel
  • Beit el-Wali
  • Contra Pselchis (Modern: "Quban", Ancient: "Baki")
  • Dabod
  • el-Derr
  • el-Lessiya
  • el-Sebu'a
  • Gerf Hussein
  • Mi'am (Modern: "'Aniba")
  • Primis (Modern: "Qasr Ibrim")
  • Pselchis (Modern: "el-Dakka", Ancient: "Pselqet")
  • Talmis (Modern: "Kalabsha")
  • Taphis (Modern: "Tafa")
  • Tutzis (Modern: "Dendur")
  • Tzitzis (Modern: "Qertassi")

Upper Nubia

  • 'Amara East
  • 'Amara West
  • Abahuda (Abu Oda)
  • Aksha (Serra West)
  • Askut Island
  • Buhen
  • Dabenarti Island
  • Dibeira East
  • Dorginarti Island
  • Dibeira West
  • Faras
  • Gebel el-Shams
  • Kor
  • Kumma (Semna East)
  • Meinarti Island
  • Qustul
  • Semna
  • Semna South
  • Serra East
  • Shalfak
  • Uroarti Island

The Oases

  • Siwa Oasis
    • Aghurmi
    • el-Zeitun
    • Gebel el-Mawta
    • Qaret el-Musabberin
    • Umm el-'Ebeida
  • Bahriya Oasis
    • el-Qasr
    • el-Bawiti
    • el-Hayz
  • Farafra Oasis
    • 'Ain el-Wadi
    • el-Qasr
  • el-Dakhla Oasis
    • Amheida
    • Balat
    • Deir el-Hager
    • el-Qasr
    • Kellis (Modern: "Ismant el-Kharab")
    • Mut el-Kharab
    • Qaret el-Muzawwaqa
  • el-Kharga Oasis
    • Baris
    • Gebel el-Teir
    • Hibis
    • Kysis (Modern: "Dush")
    • Nadurs
    • Qasr el-Ghueida
    • Qasr Zaiyan

Sinai

  • Maghara
  • Rud el-'Air
  • Serabit el-Khadim

Reference

  • Atlas of Ancient Egypt, John Baines & Jaromir Malek , The America University of Cairo Press, 2002
Last updated: 06-05-2005 05:19:45
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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