What are some important locations on the Nile River from Ancient Egypt?
Cairo, the capital, is the cultural center. There is the national Museum of Cairo, that houses a lot of particularly famous and valuable treasures – most significantly the mummies of various kings, and objects from Tutankhamun’s tomb. The Great Pyramids are on the edge of Cairo. Alexandria, at the end of the river to the North, has some important monuments from the late (Roman) period. (Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh, on the Red Sea, are big tourist resorts with famous diving spots, but they aren’t on the river.) Luxor, on the river between Cairo and Aswan, is the nearest town to the Valley of the Kings, Valley of the Queens, Deir el-Medineh and the Karnak Temple complex – one of the largest in the world. There is also the Luxor Museum and Museum of Mummification. Aswan is near the temples of Elephantine and Philae, and has the Aswan Boulder Garden. It is also the location of the famous Aswan High Dam, which allows Egypt to control its water supplies. Abu Simbel, the furthest South, is t
