Suggested viewing in preparation for your trip to Egypt (or just to enjoy a lovely movie if you are not planning a trip) is the star-studded 1978 version of this classic:

Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot

Angela Lansbury as Solome Otterbourne

Bette Davis as Mrs. Van Schuyler

Dame Maggie Smith as Mrs. Bowers

David Niven as Colonel Race

Mia Farrow as Jacqueline DeBelleforte

Olivia Hussey as Rosalie Otterbourne

George Kennedy as Andrew Pennington

This movie was nominated for 4 Academy Awards and won for best costume design.

Death on the Nile was remade in 2022 and is much less true to the book. Not a bad movie, but Agatha may even have difficulty following her story in this version. The 2022 version also has some stars:

Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot

Gail Gadot as Linnet Ridgeway

Armie Hammer as Simon Doyle

Annette Bening as Euphemia

Russell Brand as Linus Windlesham

Although Agatha Christie is known to have stayed at the Winter Palace in Luxor, it seems she wrote the book mainly at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan.

Enjoy!