If you love history and breath-taking architecture, then the spectacular Egyptian temples should be high on your travel bucket list.

While the Nile is often described as Egypt’s lifeline, the country’s temples reflect its multiple identities and tell a fascinating history. Covering roughly 4,000 years and a huge variety of structures, from residences for gods to funerary cults for royalty, no expense was ever spared to make the temples into masterpieces.