Major tourist attractions in Egypt
Attractions in Egypt are among the most famous in the world. There is no person on Earth who has not heard of the Egyptian pyramids - the only remaining monument of the ancient human civilization and the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Egypt cleverly capitalize on this heritage, because tourism in the country is well developed and has huge revenue.
This does not affect the common people in the state. But statistics can be said that Egypt is the most populous country in Africa. Undoubtedly the list of attractions in Egypt is long, but we will discuss only the most important ones. In the first place naturally Egyptian pyramids built in the period 2575 BC to 2465 BC. There are many such along the Nile, but the most popular are the three largest pyramids of the pharaohs - Cheops (Khufu) Hefren and Mikerin. Here are the tombs of 62 pharaohs of the New Kingdom, including Thutmose I and Thutmose III, Ramses I to Ramses X. All the tombs were robbed, so a very small part of the treasures have been preserved until now. 
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Historical attractions in Egypt
The second most important attractions on the Nile River Valley of the Kings. The third most visited attraction in Egypt are the temples of Luxor and Karnak. The largest religious complex preserved to the present day, with impressive dimensions of historical monuments in Egypt. An interesting fact is that some of these sites have stood for centuries in sand and therefore were kept intact.
Such is the case with the statues at Abu Simbel. Huge statues carved in solid rock in Nubia area by order of Egyptian pharaoh RamzesII. Inspire greatness of Pharaoh and his divine nature and power. While in Luxor Colossi of Memnon see. These are two huge statues that each day meet the sunrise.
The dimensions of the seated statues are impressive: height 18 m, each weighing 720 tons. Do not forget to take pictures to Great Sphinx of Giza - the largest monolith statue in the world, with a height of 20 meters and a length of 73 meters. There are many stories and legends about this incredibly beautiful statue, especially for the broken nose that allegedly damaged by Napoleon.
The most visited attractions in Egypt
The capital of Egypt is Cairo, a large megalopolis. Here the most important landmark is the Step Pyramid of Djoser. It was built of stone around 2700 BC 62 m high. Under the Pyramid of Djoser is a maze of tunnels with a total length of 5 km. Natural attractions in Egypt are many, but they remain in the shadow of the archaeological remains of ancient Egypt.
However this will only mention them: underwater cave Dahab Blue Hole ,, mountains Gebel Elba, crater hole 5,000 years ago Kamil Crater, waterfalls Wadi El Rayan and Wadi Sannur cave with its beauty and cave formations.
The list of historical monuments is very long.
In this African country can visit the remains of Roman, Christian and Islamic monuments that remain less noticeable interest from tourists and not very big.
