Home›Ancient Egyptian Sites›All Ancient Egyptian SitesBrowse ByAll Ancient Egyptian SitesSites significant to the religion of ancient Egypt, temples, tombs and cult centres tied to its gods and to the pharaohs who claimed divine sanction. The tradition itself has had no living practitioners for close to two thousand years, so these entries are known through archaeology and surviving texts rather than continuous religious use.FactsLearn MoreAll Ancient Egyptian SitesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedTemples, tombs and cult precincts raised along the Nile across three millennia for the gods and for the divine king. Temple and tomb are not separate categories here: a royal mortuary complex was a temple with a daily offering cult, and the two are recorded as one class of place. 2AttestationEra of AttestationWell-attestedMonumental cult architecture is attested from the Third Dynasty, about 2650 BCE, to the closing of the last functioning temple cult, at Philae, in the sixth century CE - some three thousand two hundred years of continuous building for the same gods. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreSacred sites of ancient Egypt This group holds the sacred sites of ancient Egyptian religion, the temples, tombs and sacred precincts raised along the Nile over three millennia for the gods and the divine pharaoh. Egyptian sacred architecture is among the most monumental of the ancient world. The browser will find the great temple complexes, the necropolises and the cult centres of the Egyptian gods. The entries describe each site's deities, function and history, treating them as monuments of a historical religion no longer practised.All Ancient Egyptian SitesFilter Results12 entriesPilgrimage StatusAllPilgrimage attested historically; not continuing (3)UNESCO World Heritage StatusAllInscribed on the World Heritage List (8)On a National Tentative List (2)Cult Centre OfAllAmun (2)Isis (1)Osiris (1)Ptah (3)Ra (1)Associated WithAllAmun (3)Isis (1)Osiris (1)Ptah (1)Ra (1)Originated InAllEgypt (10)Origin Period Start YearAll-2560 (1)-1970 (1)-1539 (1)1400 BCE (1)-1264 (1)-663 (1)Practice StatusAllIn active religious use (1)Ruin or archaeological site; the cult has ceased (7)Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monument (2)Site TypeAllNecropolis, cemetery or burial ground (4)Pyramid or stepped platform (1)Rock-cut or underground sanctuary (2)Sacred city or quarter (1)Sanctuary or oracle complex (2)Temple or temple complex (5)TraditionAllAncient Egyptian Religion (10)CountryAllEgypt (10)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 12Abu SimbelAncient Egyptian SitesAbydos and the OsirionAncient Egyptian SitesKarnak Temple ComplexAncient Egyptian SitesLuxor TempleAncient Egyptian SitesMemphis (Ancient Egypt)Ancient Egyptian SitesPhilaeAncient Egyptian SitesSaqqara and the SerapeumAncient Egyptian SitesSiwa and the Oracle of AmunAncient Egyptian SitesThe Pyramids of GizaAncient Egyptian SitesValley of the KingsAncient Egyptian SitesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypttier 1Donald B. Redford (ed.), Oxford University Press, 2001View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.