This is a list of ancient Egyptian sites, throughout Egypt and Nubia. 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 is a subnational administrative division of Ancient Egypt.
Lower Egypt
- Nome 1: White Walls
- Nome 2: Cow's thigh
- Nome 3: West
- Nome 4: Southern Shield
- Nome 5: Northern Shield
- Nome 6: Mountain bull
- Nome 7: West harpoon
- Nome 8: East harpoon
- Nome 9: Andjety
- Nome 10: Black bull
- Nome 11: Heseb bull
- Nome 12: Calf and Cow
- Nome 13: Prospering Scepter
- Nome 14: Eastmost
- Nome 15: Fish
- Nome 16: Djehuti
- Nome 17: The Throne
- Nome 18: Prince of the South
- Nome 19: Prince of the North
- Nome 20: Plumed Falcon
Upper Egypt
Lower Egypt (The Nile Delta)
- Alexandria
- Great Library of Alexandria
- Pharos of Alexandria
- Pompey's Pillar
- Athribis (Modern: "Tell Atrib", Ancient: "Hut-Heryib" or "Hut-Tahery-Ibt")
- Avaris (Modern: "Tell el-Dab'a", Ancient: "Pi-Ri'amsese")
- Behbeit el-Hagar
- Bilbeis
- Bubastis (Modern: "Tell Basta", Ancient: "Bast")
- Busiris (Modern: "Abu Sir Bana")
- Buto (Modern: "Tell el-Fara'in", Ancient: "Pe")
- Cairo (or near Cairo)
- Abu Rawash
- Giza Necropolis (Giza Plateau)
- Khufu's Pyramid (Great Pyramid)
- Khafre's Pyramid
- Menkaure's Pyramid
- Great Sphinx of Giza
- Heliopolis (Modern: "Tell Hisn", Ancient: "Iunu")
- Letopolis (Modern: "Ausim", Ancient: "Khem")
- Hermopolis Parva (Modern: "El-Baqliya" Ancient: "Ba'h")
- Iseum (Modern: "Behbeit el-Hagar", Ancient: "Hebyt")
- Kom el-Hisn (Ancient: "Imu" or "Yamu")
- Kom-el-Gir
- Leontopolis (Yahudiya) (Modern: "Tell el-Yahudiya", Ancient: "Nay-Ta-Hut")
- Leontopolis (Modern: "Tell el-Muqdam")
- Naukratis (Modern: "el-Gi'eif", "el-Niqrash", "el-Nibeira")
- Memphite Necropolis (Memphis)
- Abu Ghurab
- Abusir (Busiris)
- Pyramid of Neferefre
- Pyramid of Neferirkare
- Pyramid of Nyuserre
- Pyramid of Sahure
- Sun temple of Nyuserre
- Sun temple of Userkaf
- Dahshur
- Bent Pyramid
- Black Pyramid
- Red Pyramid
- White Pyramid
- Helwan
- Mazghuna
- Northern Mazghuna pyramid
- Southern Mazghuna pyramid
- Mit Rahina
- Saqqara
- Sekhemkhet's Buried Pyramid
- Gisr el-mudir
- Haram el-Shawaf
- Pyramid of Ibi
- Pyramid of Khendjer
- Pyramid of Teti
- Pyramid of Unas
- Pyramid of Userkaf
- Step Pyramid of Djoser
- Southern South Saqqara pyramid
- Zawyet el'Aryan
- Layer Pyramid
- Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan
- Mendes (Modern: "Tell el-Rub'a", Ancient: "Anpet")
- Tell Tebilla
- Qantir / El-Khata'na
- Sais (Modern: "Sa el-Hagar", Ancient: "Zau")
- Saft el-Hinna (Ancient: "Per-Sopdu")
- Sebennytos (Modern: "Samannud", Ancient: "Tjebnutjer")
- Shagamba
- Suwa
- Taposiris Magna (Modern: "Abusir")
- Tanis (Modern: "San el-Hagar", Ancient: "Djan'net")
- Tell el-Maskhuta (Ancient: "Tjeku")
- Tell el-Rataba
- Tell el-Sahaba
- Tell Nebesha
- Tell Qua'
- Terenuthis (Modern: "Kom Abu Billo")
- Thmuis (Modern: "Tell el-Timai")
- Tura
- Xois (Modern: "Sakha")
Middle Egypt
The area from about Faiyum to Asyut is usually referred to as Middle Egypt.
Upper Egypt
Northern Upper Egypt
Southern Upper Egypt
- Aphroditopolis (Modern: "Gebelein", Ancient: "Per-Hathor")
- Apollinopolis Magna (Modern: "Edfu", Ancient: "Djeba, Mesen")
- Aswan
- el-Mo'alla (Ancient: "Hefat")
- Eileithyiaspolis (Modern: "el-Kab", Ancient: "Nekheb")
- Gebel el-Silsila (Ancient: "Kheny")
- Hermonthis (Modern: "Armant", Ancient: "Iuny")
- Hierakonpolis (Modern: "Kom el-Ahmar", Ancient: "Nekhen")
- Kom al-Ahmar Necropolis
- Iu-miteru
- Kom Ombo
- Latopolis (Modern: "Esna", Ancient: "Iunyt, Senet, Tasenet")
- Luxor (Ancient: "Ipet-Resyt")
- Deir el-Bahari
- Qasr el-'Aguz
- Qurna
- el-Assasif
- el-Khokha
- el-Tarif
- Dra' Abu el-Naga'
- Qurnet Murai
- Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
- Valley of the Kings
- Valley of the Queens
- Sumenu
- Tuphium (Modern: "Tod", Ancient: "Djerty")
Nubia
Lower Nubia
Upper Nubia
Oases and Mediterranean coast
Sinai
Eastern Desert
Notes and references
Bibliography