Camera tickets at monuments, hard bans at others, and the one rule about photographing people.
Most major sites now sell a separate camera ticket, cheap, which covers phones and compacts. Tripods and professional equipment are a different category and usually need permission arranged in advance.
Where it is genuinely forbidden: inside the Egyptian Museum's royal mummy rooms, inside some individual tombs regardless of a camera ticket, and around military installations, bridges and checkpoints — the last of which is taken seriously and is not worth testing. Signs are not always present; if someone tells you to stop, stop.
Photographing people needs consent, and asking is easy: hold up the camera, raise your eyebrows, wait for the nod. Most people say yes and many will pose. Some will then ask for money, which is fair enough if you took the photograph — agree it beforehand if you want to avoid the conversation.
Some will then ask for money, which is fair enough if you took the photograph — agree it beforehand if you want to avoid the conversation.
Two things not to photograph without thinking: people praying, and children without a parent's agreement. Both are the same courtesies you would apply at home and both are noticed more here.
