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Egyptian Architecture Tours
Cairo Architecture Guides in the Nile Valley – Exclusive City Trips tailor made for groups visiting Egypt, Africa
post updated 20 + 19 January 2024
Location: Giza pyramid complex, Giza Plateau, southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt
New photos of the Pyramids of Giza taken on the 19th of January 2024 by architect Adrian Welch:
The Great Pyramid of Giza (tomb of pharaoh Khufu) – the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact:
photo © Adrian Welch
Map of Giza pyramid complex:
photo by MesserWoland, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1030413
From left to right,
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The pyramid of Khafre
The pyramid of Menkaure
photo © Adrian Welch
The pyramid of Khafre or of Chephren is the middle of the three Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza. The structure is the second tallest and second largest of the group. It is the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre, who ruled c. 2558−2532 BC.
The pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three main pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt.
The Great Sphinx of Giza:
photo © Adrian Welch
Egyptian Architectural Tours
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Great Pyramid of Giza:
photo © Adrian Welch
Valley Temple of Khafre, Giza Necropolis:
picture © Adrian Welch
The Great Sphinx of Giza from the back showing its tail:
A limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre.
The side flank of the Great Pyramid of Giza:
photo © Adrian Welch
The ‘entry’ to the Great Pyramid of Giza:
photo © A Welch
Egyptian Architecture Tour: Exclusive Guided Group / Office Trips Introduction
Our Egyptian guided tours are all tailored to suit each booking we do not allow for bookings to be joined. Our guided tours in the Nile Valley are all exclusive to each client.
Should you be planning a conference, an office trip, or university trip in Cairo or the Nile Valley please contact us and we would be happy to take your booking.
Original hunting lodge of Khedive Ismail that is now a hotel and located next to the pyramids:
The tours from e-architect are focused on contemporary architecture in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
If you are interested in the famous historic monuments of The Pyramids then we can provide bolt-on tour guides, offering a full value package inclusive of a professional Egyptologist, good quality accommodation and private air-conditioned transportation.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human:
Egyptian pyramids at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo:
Key architects who have designed buildings in the Egypt include Snohetta Architects (Oslo), Hamza Associates and Shahira H. Fahmy Architects. Zaha Hadid Architects have produced building designs for Cairo but nothing has been built at the time of writing (2017).
Nubian Village architecture in Egypt:
Egyptian Walking Tours
Egyptian Architecture Tours can focus on contemporary buildings, older buildings or a mix of both. The Egyptian Architecture Tour is typically an introduction to the country’s main buildings but it can be tailored to your group’s particular areas of interest.
The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence:
For Tours of Egypt we can provide a basic outline of types and areas of Egyptian buildings. We can provide information on the key areas and building types up to a year ahead of Egyptian Architecture Tours.
A group of architects interested in (for example) innovative Cairo housing or office buildings could be provided with tailored information allowing a tour programme to be agreed prior to their visit to Egypt.
The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid:
Visitors are usually met at the starting point of their Egyptian walking tour or by special request from the airport or their hotel.
The Pyramid of Khufu, Giza:
Most photos of The Pyramids focus on the three largest, namely the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Great Pyramid of Khufu. However 118 Egyptian pyramids have been identified as of November 2008.
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Egyptian Walking Tours
Contact Isabelle Lomholt to arrange your Egypt architecture tour at isabelle(at)e-architect.com or mob.
photo © Isabelle Lomholt
Architecture Tours
e-architect also organise architecture walking tours in other cities such as Athens, Rome, Barcelona, New York, Jerusalem, Dubai and New Delhi.
Grand Museum of Egypt, Cairo – due to open in 2024, after a brief temporary opening in 2023
Design: Heneghan Peng Architects
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Grand Museum of Egypt
Location: Cairo and the Nile Valley, Egypt, Northeast Africa
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Cairo Science City Competition
Design: WestonWilliamson+Partners, Architects
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Cairo Science City Competition
Bibliotheca Alexandrina / Alexandria Library
Design: Snohetta Architecture with Hamza Associates, Cairo
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Cairo Expo City Competition
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
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Architects: Keppie Design
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Officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia, via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is the world’s only contiguous Eurafrasian nation. Most of Egypt’s territory of 1,010,408 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi) lies within the Nile Valley. Egypt is a Mediterranean country.
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Stone Towers, Cairo
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The Sphinx Cairo Building
Architecture: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
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