Former populated places in Egypt

area in the Red Sea coast

archaeological site in Egypt

ancient Egyptian archaeological site in Sudan

village in Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum

thumbnail|260px|Kellia. Kellia ("the Cells"), referred to as "the innermost desert", was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monastic community spread out over many square kilometers in the Nitrian Desert about south of Alexandria. It was one of three centers of monastic activity in the region, along with Nitria and Scetis (Wadi El Natrun). It is called al-Muna in Arabic and was inhabited until the 9th century. Only archaeological sites remain there today.

building in Egypt

Per Nemty (pr nmty; House of Nemty), an Ancient Egyptian settlement also known in Greek as Hieracon and at the modern village of al-Atawla, on the right/eastern bank of the Nile River northeast of Assiut (5 km). It was the capital of the 12th Nome of Upper Egypt. The town was centered on the Temple of Nemty, the god Nemty being the ferryman god.

site in Nile Delta, Egypt

ancient city on the Gulf of Suez

Herwer was an ancient Egyptian town in the 16th nome (Oryx nome) in Upper Egypt. It is mentioned in several ancient inscriptions dating from the Old, Middle and New Kingdom. The main deities of the place were Khnum and Heqet, both several times called lord or lady of Herwer. Perhaps in the Middle Kingdom, the place became the capital of the 16th Upper Egyptian nome. The local governor Amenemhat of that nome was indeed overseer of the priests of Khnum of Herwer. The place is often mentioned in the tombs of Beni Hasan.

ancient temple in Southern Egypt, now covered by Lake Nasser

Al-Qaṭāʾi () was the short-lived Tulunid capital of Egypt, founded by Ahmad ibn Tulun in the year 868 CE. Al-Qata'i was located immediately to the northeast of the previous capital, al-Askar, which in turn was adjacent to the settlement of Fustat. All three settlements were later incorporated into the city of Cairo, founded by the Fatimids in 969 CE. The city was razed in the early 10th century CE, and the only surviving structure is the Mosque of Ibn Tulun.

ancient Egyptian city

Hebenu (, , ) or Alabastron () was a city in ancient Egypt. It was located in Middle Egypt, or the Heptanomy, and belonged to the Hare nome (. It was the early capital of the Oryx nome (. The modern village of Zawiyat al-Amwat () (Minya Governorate) is built on the site where the ancient city stood.

thumb|Ancient Kellis Ancient Kellis, now known as Ismant el-Kharab ('Ismant the ruined' in Arabic), was a village in Upper Egypt during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. It was located about east-southeast of present-day Ismant in the Dakhleh Oasis, and about northeast of Mut (more fully Mut el-Kharab), which is the capital of the oasis. In ancient times, Mut was called Mothis, and thus Kellis was in the Mothite nome.

Hypselis or Hypsela (; ), known to the ancient Egyptians as Shashotep, is an ancient Egyptian city and Roman bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the Asyut Governorate.

ancient Egyptian village at Amarna

Tahpanhes or Tehaphnehes (; or ) known by the Ancient Greeks as the (Pelusian) Daphnae () and Taphnas () in the Septuagint, now Tell Defenneh, was a city in ancient Egypt. It was located on Lake Manzala on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, about 26 km (16 miles) from Pelusium. The site is now situated on the Suez Canal.

Sumenu or Smenu (Egyptian: S(w)mnw) was an ancient Egyptian town located in Upper Egypt. It housed the most prominent early-Middle Kingdom sanctuary of the crocodile-god Sobek.

thumb|right|View of Hemamieh to the west in 2019 Hemamieh (El-Hammamiya) is a village located in the Sohag Governorate in Middle Egypt on the east bank of the Nile.

archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum

Al-‘Askar () was the capital of Egypt from 750–868, when Egypt was a province of the Abbasid Caliphate.

ancient city in the 15th nome of Lower Egypt

archaeological site in Egypt

thumb|Head of queen Tiye Gurob, also known as Ghurab, Medinet Gurob or Kom Medinet Gurob is an archaeological site in Egypt, close to the Fayum. In the New Kingdom it was the place of a palace and was called Merwer.

ancient city in Lower Egypt

Sidfa (, from ) is a town in Egypt. It is located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate. It was known in antiquity by the Greeks as Hisopis.

Debeira is an archaeological site in Sudan situated on the eastern bank of the Nile some 20 kilometres north of Wadi Halfa.

Trimithis () was an ancient Egyptian city in the Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert. The site of the city is known today as Amheida () and is located in the New Valley Governorate of Egypt. Trimithis was a prominent urban center in Roman Egypt, with earlier occupation dating back to the Old and New Kingdoms. Under Roman rule, it featured temples, residential areas, and public buildings. Excavations have revealed a 4th-century house belonging to the wealthy councilor Serenos, a rare case of an ancient school, and a church complex.

Wah-Sut (, meaning Enduring are the places of Khakaure justified in Abydos) is a town located south of Abydos in Middle Egypt. The name of the town indicates that it was originally built as an outlying part of Abydos, set up by the Egyptian state as housing for the people working in and around the funerary complex of pharaoh Senusret III (fl. c. 1850 BCE) of the Twelfth Dynasty, at the peak of the Middle Kingdom.

archaeological site in Egypt

Lepidotonpolis () is the Greek name of an ancient Egyptian town in Upper Egypt under the modern village '''Nag' El Mashayikh' opposite to modern Girga. The ancient Egyptian name of the place was perhaps Behedet jabtet - or Per mehit'' according to Gauthier. Under the modern village are the remains of a New Kingdom temple. Fragments with the names of the Egyptian kings Amenophis III, Ramesses II, and Merneptah were found. The main deity of the place was the lion goddess Mehit. The lepidotus fish was here worshiped too. Near the temple is an ancient cemetery including the decorated rock cut tomb

Anthylla () or Andylla () is an ancient city of Lower Egypt, on the Canopus branch of the Nile River.

Nefrusy was an ancient Egyptian city which location is north of modern day cities of El Ashmunein and El Quseyya. It is known for being the site of Battle of Nefrusy between the forces of Kamose and Hyksos forces, which saw the first attested use of chariots in the history of Military of ancient Egypt.

ancient city in Northern Africa

ancient city of Middle Egypt

Agnou (, , ) was an ancient city and bishopric in Egypt. It was located on the strip of land between the lake Burullus and the Mediterranean Sea, near the modern village al-Hanafi al-Kubra ().

Gynaecopolis () or Gynaecospolis (); "Woman's city" or "Women's City"; sometimes translated as "Wife's City". It was, according to ancient Greek sources, the name of two cities: one Phoenician and one in Egypt. Nothing is known about the city in Phoenicia. The Egyptian town was located on the west side of the Nile, opposite Naucratis.