Deir el-Medina (Village of the Tomb Builders)
The village of the artists who carved and painted the royal tombs — with their own jewel-like painted tombs and a Ptolemaic temple.
Luxor
New Gourna Village (Hassan Fathy)
Hassan Fathy's mud-brick village of the 1940s — the birthplace of 'architecture for the poor'.
Temple of Seti I at Qurna
The mortuary temple of Seti I at the northern edge of the west bank — refined reliefs and almost no visitors.
Tomb of Ay (West Valley of the Kings)
The tomb of Tutankhamun's successor in the remote West Valley — with a rare hunting scene in the marshes.
Tombs of the Asasif
Late Period and New Kingdom tombs in the valley before Deir el-Bahari — vast chambers and reliefs that look back to Egypt's golden ages.
Tombs of the Nobles (Sheikh Abd el-Qurna and el-Khokha)
The liveliest painting of ancient Egypt — banquets, harvests, craftsmen and hunts in the tombs of Theban officials.
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