The bomber and a civilian was killed during the attack, said Hossam Abdel Ghafar, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health. Latest News from World News Desk
No tourists were injured, said officials from the Ministry of Interior.
The attack came a week after two police officers were shot dead by gunmen on a road leading to the Great Pyramids of Giza, West of capital Cairo.
Egypt witnesses regular attacks on its security forces as it struggles with a low-level Islamist insurgency, mostly in the lawless Northern Sinai Peninsula.
The attacks targeting police and military increased after the ouster of ex-president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. But shooting at tourist sites are rare incidents.