List of ancient Egyptian sites
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This is a List of Ancient Egyptian Sites, throughout all of Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 and Nubia
Nubia
Nubia is a region along the Nile river, which is located in northern Sudan and southern Egypt.There were a number of small Nubian kingdoms throughout the Middle Ages, the last of which collapsed in 1504, when Nubia became divided between Egypt and the Sennar sultanate resulting in the Arabization...

. Sites are listed by their classical name whenever possible, if not by their modern name, and lastly with their ancient name if no other is available.

Nomes

A nome
Nome (Egypt)
A nome was a subnational administrative division of ancient Egypt. Today's use of the Greek nome rather than the Egyptian term sepat came about during the Ptolemaic period. Fascinated with Egypt, Greeks created many historical records about the country...

 is a subnational administrative division of Ancient Egypt.

Upper Egypt

  • Nome 1: Land of the arch or To Khentit: the frontier (Ta-Seti)
  • Nome 2: Throne of Horus
  • Nome 3: The rural (Shrine)
  • Nome 4: The sceptre
  • Nome 5: The two falcons
  • Nome 6: The crocodile
  • Nome 7: Sistrum
  • Nome 8: Great land
  • Nome 9: Minu (Min)
  • Nome 10: Cobra
    Aphroditopolis Nome
    The Aphroditopolis Nome was a nome, an administrative region in Ancient Egypt. It was the tenth nome of Upper Egypt. The capital city was Aphroditopolis....

  • Nome 11: The Set animal (Seth)
  • Nome 12: Viper mountain
  • Nome 13: Upper pomegranate tree (Upper Sycamore and Viper)
  • Nome 14: Lower pomegranate tree (Lower Sycamore and Viper)
  • Nome 15: Hare
  • Nome 16: Oryx
  • Nome 17: The black dog (Jackal)
  • Nome 18: Falcon with spread wings (Nemty)
  • Nome 19: The pure sceptre (Two Sceptres)
  • Nome 20: Upper laurel (Southern Sycamore)
  • Nome 21: Lower laurel (Northern Sycamore)
  • Nome 22: Knife

Middle Egypt

The area from about Al Fayyum
Al Fayyum
Faiyum is a city in Middle Egypt. Located 130 km southwest of Cairo, it is the capital of the modern Faiyum Governorate. The town occupies part of the ancient site of Crocodilopolis...

 to Asyut
Asyut
Asyut is the capital of the modern Asyut Governorate in Egypt; the ancient city of the same name is situated nearby. The modern city is located at , while the ancient city is at .- Etymology :...

 is usually referred to as Middle Egypt.

Sinai
Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai is a triangular peninsula in Egypt about in area. It is situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the north, and the Red Sea to the south, and is the only part of Egyptian territory located in Asia as opposed to Africa, effectively serving as a land bridge between two...

 

  • Maghara
  • Rud el-'Air
  • Serabit el-Khadim
    Serabit el-Khadim
    Serabit el-Khadim is a locality in the south-west Sinai Peninsula where turquoise was mined extensively in antiquity, mainly by the ancient Egyptians...

  • Tell Kedwa
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