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The Great Pyramids of Giza & Sphinx
Giza Plateau Before describing the imposing and famous funerary complex at Gizeh we might look at what that famous Greek <<journalist>> Herodotus, had to say about it on the basis of the testimony of various foreigners who had lived in Egypt. Although Herodotus often criticized Egypt and its inhabitants he nevertheless left us an …
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The Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Located at Al-Tahrir square in the heart of Cairo. It is the largest of Egyptian antiquities museums all over the world. It allows the visitor to become acquainted with the antiquities of Egypt’s Pharaonic periods. It houses around 250,000 antique pieces covering the whole history of ancient Egypt, which extend over the past five …
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Saqqara Step Pyramid
Sakkara Necropolis The necropolis at Sakkarah which stretches for eight kilometers is the largest in the whole of Egypt. It is also historically the most important because the principal dynasties are all represented, from the 1st to the Ptolemaic and Persian. The necropolis is under the special protection of the god Sokar, hence …
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Dahshur
About two kilometers from the Sakkarah necropolis can be found the five pyramids of Dahshur, three built of stone and two of brick and all equally impottant. The most northerly one, in brick, is that of Sesostris III (XIIth dynasty) which was once faced with sculpted Tura stone. The most southerly are the …
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Salah El-Din Citadel in Cairo and Mohamed Ali Mosque
A visit to the Citadel of Salah El Din, which overlooks Cairo one of towering tops of Al-Muqattam Hills, evokes the memory of its great founder. The Citadel was built by Salah El Din in 1183 AD on the Medieval castles style. It comprises a number of important monuments including the Mosque of Soliman Pasha. …
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Old and Coptic Cairo
The Hanging Church It was bulit in the 5th century in the basilica style, over the remains of the southern gate of the Roman fortress of “Babylon” that is why it was called “the Hanging”. It has rich beautiful antiquities from the early Christian era such as a woodcarving representing Jesus Christ entering Jeursalem. …
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