Cairo
can be described as the crucible of
ancient Egypt and modern civilizations.
With its modern infrastructure blend
perfectly with the monuments of the
past, a journey through Cairo is really
a journey back in time. Cairo has
much to offer, which can spend weeks
exploring the city.
LOCATION
Cairo is located on the shores and
islands of the Nile in northern Egypt,
immediately south of the point where
the river leaves its desert-bound
valley and breaks into three branches
in the lowlands region of the Nile
Delta .
HOW TO REACH
A major tourist destination, Cairo
is served by the Cairo international
airport. It may also be accessed by
the Cairo Ramses station.
The places of interest
Egyptian Museum.
The World 's premier collection of
ancient Egyptian objects, the current
museum was built in 1900 in a neo-classical.
A real place of discovery, the museum
is daunting in its number of antiquities
on display and a haven for all but
those who want to study Egyptian antiquities.
The most famous and popular with tourists
is the treasures of Tutankhamun 's
tomb. A wonderful feeling of history
slips on visitors as a point of view
objects, statues and other objects
ranging from pre-historic era to the
Greco-Roman.
Pyramids of Giza.
The only vestiges of the seven wonders
of the ancient world, it is the country
's most famous tourist attraction
and the icon that is most associated
with Egypt. The Pyramids of Giza,
composed of a group of three pyramids,
namely-Khufu 's Pyramid,
Khafre 's Pyramid and the pyramid
of Menkaure.
Saqqara
Saqqara is a cemetery where the noble
Memphis and many pharaohs were buried.
Home many pyramids, the most famous
and most visible is the pyramid of
Djoser step. Other places of interest
in Saqqara tombs are the bulls Apis
and the astonishing relief sculptures
that can be seen in the tombs around
the pyramid of Teti.
Memphis.
Memphis, was founded around 3100 BC,
is the legendary city of Menes, the
king who united Upper and Lower Egypt.
Built more like a fortress rather
than a city, most of it is dispersed
in cultivated fields ruins, Nile silt
and villages. The remains of Memphis
is located mainly around the small
village of Mit Rahina. It is a temple
of Ptah, which contains a colossus
of Ramses II. It is too Albaster Sphinx,
which was carved in honor of an unknown
Pharaoh between 1700 and 1400 BC.
Still others include the ruins of
palaces Apries.
Citadel
The Citadel of Cairo was built by
Mohamed Ali, a lieutenant of the Ayyubid
ruler Salah al-Din between 1176-1183
to serve as a royal residence and
military barracks. Among its monuments,
Hypostyle 13th/14th century mosque
of al-Nasir Muhammad is a large crowd.
The 16th century mosque Soliman Pasha
and the mosque of Muhammad 'Ali al-Kabir,
built in the 19th century indicate
the rich chronological and stylistic
spectrum of architecture at the Citadel.
The Coptic Museum
The Coptic Museum was founded by Morcos
Smeika Pacha in 1910 AD to display
Coptic monuments and in order to easily
find the history of Christianity in
Egypt. Spread over 8000 square meters,
the museum has more than 16000 artifacts
that are organized as possible in
chronological order, in 12 different
sections. Coptic monuments are regarded
as a liaison between the ancient Egyptian
art during the Pharaonic and Greco-Roman
one hand and the Islamic era, on the
other.
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