For the flight over

Audio guides

A relaxed, conversational primer to Egypt and walkthroughs of its major sites — written for headphones on a long-haul flight. Press play; each guide is generated on demand and runs five to ten minutes. Download to listen offline at thirty thousand feet.

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Intro · ~8 min

Egypt, in one sitting

A friendly primer for the flight over

Site walkthroughs

Site guide · ~7 min

Giza — the pyramids up close

What you're actually seeing on the plateau

Site guide · ~6 min

Saqqara — where stone architecture begins

The Step Pyramid and the necropolis nobody talks about enough

Site guide · ~8 min

Karnak and Luxor Temple

Two temples, one avenue, three thousand years of building

Site guide · ~6 min

Valley of the Kings

A short orientation before you go underground

Site guide · ~5 min

Abu Simbel

Ramses the Second's mountain on the Sudanese border

Site guide · ~5 min

Philae and Aswan

The river's calmer ending

Museum walkthroughs

Museum walkthrough · ~9 min

Grand Egyptian Museum — a guided walkthrough

How to spend a day at the GEM without getting overwhelmed

Museum walkthrough · ~6 min

The old Egyptian Museum on Tahrir

Why the original museum is still worth a morning

Audio is generated by an AI narrator on first play. Allow ten to thirty seconds for longer guides to render. Once generated, you can download the MP3 for offline listening on the plane.