2. • Largest monolithic statue in the world
• Oldest known monumental sculpture
In the world
• Proposed to have been used in solar
worship in the early Dynastic Period
Carved out of natural bedrock and
added limestone
• There are many myths about how the Sphinx lost its nose.
• Scholars today think that the nose was removed Sufi who
considered the sphinx a blasphemous idol, this is based on tool
marks that remain showing that it was deliberately pried off
with chisels.
3. • A Standalone Reef in the Egyptian
Red Sea
• Small artificial island in the centre of the reef which has a
lighthouse.
• Well known place for diving, you can see hammerhead
sharks and many types of coral.
4. • Located in the Libyan Desert
• Siwa Oasis is one of Egypt's most isolated settlements,
with 23,000 people
• Agriculture is the main activity, particularly the
cultivation of dates and olives.
• The isolation of the oasis
caused the development of a
unique culture
5. • A UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Has many decayed temples, chapels,
pylons and other buildings
• The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby, and
partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak
• In Karnak there is the Presinct of Amun-Re, The Precinct
of Mut, Precinct of Montu and Temple of Amenhotep IV
6. • The longest river in the world
• Two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue Nile
• In Cairo the Nile splits into two branches or distributaries
that feed the Mediterranean
7. • A Valley where tombs were
constructed for Pharoahs and
powerful nobels.
• The Valley contains 63 tombs
• The royal tombs are decorated with
scenes from Egyptian mythology
and give clues to the beliefs and
funerary rituals of the period
