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About PINTOMAP Egypt (Africa / Northern Africa)|conventional_long_name = Arab Republic of Egypt Muḩāfaz̧at Asyūţ (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Geography of Egypt (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt / Muḩāfaz̧at Asyūţ)The Geography of Egypt is split. It is located in North Africa and includes the Sinai Peninsula, which is considered part of Southwest Asia. Karnak (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Al-Karnak (Arabic الكرنك, in Ancient Egypt was named Ipet Sut, "the most venerated place") is a small village in Egypt, located on the banks of the River Nile some 2.5 km north of Luxor (). El-Gouna (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)El Gouna (Arabic: الجونة, the lagoon) is a man-made tourist resort, developed and owned by Orascom Hotels and Developmentdating from about 1990 located on the Red Sea] in [[Egypt. It is 22kms north of Hurghada International Airport. Abydos, Egypt (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, is about 11 km (6 miles) west of the Nile at latitude 26° 10' N. The Egyptian name was Abdju (technically, 3bdw, hieroglyphs shown to the right), "the hill of the symbol or reliquary," in which the sacred head of Osiris was preserved. Dendera (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)[complex 23 12 2003.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Entrance to the Dendera Temple Complex, photographed 23rd December 2003] Al Minya, Egypt (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Al Minya is a city in Egypt. It is the capital of Al Minya Governorate. Nag Hammâdi (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Nag Hammâdi (Arabic نجع حمادي; transliterated: Naj' Hammādi) (), is a town in the middle of Egypt, called Chenoboskion (Greek Χηνοβόσκιον) in classical antiquity, about 80 kilometres north-west of Luxor with some 30,000 citizens. It is mostly a peasant area where goods such as sugar and aluminium are produced. Umm el-Qa'ab (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Umm el-Qa'ab (sometimes Umm el Ga'ab, ) is the necropolis of the Early DynasticTombs of kings of the First and Second Dynasty kings at Abydos], in [[EgyptToby Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, Routledge, 1999. Its modern name means 'Mother of Pots', as the whole area is littered with the broken pot shards of offerings made in later times (see picture). Kharga (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Kharga Oasis (Arabic الخارجة, Standard Arabic pronunciation al-Khārija, Egyptian spoken Arabic al-Khārga) is the southernmost of Egypt's five Western oases. It is located in the Libyan Desert, about 200 km to the west of the Nile valley, and is some 150 km long. Dakhla, Egypt (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Dakhla Oasis (Arabic الداخلة al-Dākhla; BGN: Al Wāḩāt ad Dākhilah) is one of the five Western oasis of Egypt. It is located in the Libyan Desert between Farafra and Kharga. Thebes, Egypt (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Thebes (, Thēbai) is the Greek designation of the ancient Egyptian niwt "(The) City" and niwt-rst "(The) Southern City". It is located about 800 km south of the Mediterranean, on the east bank of the river Nile (). Luxor (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Luxor (Arabic: الأقصر ) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt and the capital of the Al Uqsur governorate, population approximately 200,000. As the site of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, Luxor has frequently been characterised as the "world's greatest open air museum", the ruins of the temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor standing within the modern city. Luxor International Airport}} Deir el-Bahri (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Deir el-Bahri (Arabic دير البحري dayr al-baḥrī, literally meaning, “The Northern Monastery”) is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh dynasty. Colossi of Memnon (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)The Colossi of Memnon (known to locals as el-Colossat, or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. For the past 3400 years they have stood in the Theban necropolis, across the River Nile from the modern city of Luxor. Valley of the Kings (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)The Valley of the Kings, or Wadi el-Muluk (وادي الملوك) in Arabic, is a valley in Egypt where tombs were built for the Pharaohs and powerful nobles of the New Kingdom, the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Luxor Temple (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes). Chapelle Rouge (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)The Chapelle Rouge or Red Chapel of Hatshepsut was originally constructed as a barque shrine during the reign of the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut, during the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. 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