Welcome to Ancient Egypt

Welcome to Egypt — a civilization so enduring that it lasted over 3,000 years. To put that in perspective, more time separates the building of the Great Pyramid from Cleopatra's reign than separates Cleopatra from us. These people built monuments so precise that modern engineers still argue about how they did it, and many of their secrets remain locked inside stone walls to this day.

This was the civilization that gave us papyrus (the ancestor of paper), one of the earliest forms of writing (hieroglyphics), the 365-day calendar we still use, and even the first known recipe for toothpaste. They mapped the stars, performed surgery, and built structures that have outlasted every empire since.

Today we travel along the Nile — the lifeblood of Egypt — from the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza in the north to the rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel in the far south, with stops at painted tombs, colossal temples, and a museum holding 120,000 artifacts. Grab your explorer's hat. The pharaohs are waiting.