Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Egypt
Detourmap lists 315 places in Egypt, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (263). Best known: Great Pyramid of Giza. 162 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 315
- Oldest here
- Merimde culture 4800 BC
- Little known
- 162 of 315
- City pages
- 5
By region
3 first-level divisions of Egypt have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
5 cities in Egypt have enough places for a page of their own.
Archaeological & historic sites in Egypt 263
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2.Great Pyramid of Giza
Archaeological · 26th century BC · Iconic
Oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world
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6.Egyptian pyramids
Archaeological · Iconic
Ancient masonry structures constructed by ancient Egyptians
Nature & landscapes in Egypt 52
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Egypt?
Great Pyramid of Giza, 26th century BC. Oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis; one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Egypt?
315: 263 archaeological & historic sites and 52 nature & landscapes. 162 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Egypt?
Merimde culture, dated to 4800 BC. 38 of the 315 places here carry a founding date at all, and 25 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.