Explore Egypt with Joya travel Most of the population is concentrated around the Nile River, speaking the Arabic language, which is the official language of the country. The majority of the population condemns the Islamic religion as well as Christianity. In Egypt there are many monuments that left the traces of the civilizations in which they lived through the historical stages in their ages, including: pharaonic monuments such as the Karnak Temple, King Tutankhamun’s jewelry, the Pyramids of Giza, the pyramid of the Sphinx, the city of On, the Temple of Abu Simbel, Abdul Hathor, the Hill of Ferma, Sarabit Al-Khadem and the Temple of Luxor. Roman and Greek monuments, for example: Babylon fortress, Abd Dandara, the temple of Phila, the palace and the temple of Karoun, the city of Crans, and the city of Umm al-Ati.