 Cairo
Main Atractions
The Great Pyramids
The Egyptian Museum
The Citadel
Khan El Khalili & Old CitySome more about Cairo
Gates to the ancient city
-Bab El Bahr -Bab El Barkia -El Bab El Gadid -Bab El Husseinia -Bab
El khalk
-Bab El Khoga -Bab Darb El Laban -Bab Zuwela Bab El Ser Bab seada
-Bab El Selsela -Bab El Shairia -Bab El Ghory - Bab El Fetouh -Bab
El Nasr
-Bab El Wazir -Bab Khan El Khalili -Bab El Tawfik -Bab El Farag -Bab
Qayetbei
-Bab Qasr El Selehdar -Bab El Qantara -El Bab El Akhdar
Cairo Museums
-The Egyptian Museum -The Coptic Museum -Jewel Palace -Carriage
Museum
-Postal Museum -Rail Museum -The Pharaonic Village -Bayt al-Kritya
-Manial Palace -Beit El Umma -Modern Art Museum -Beshtak Palace
-Bayt El Suhaymi -Military Museum -Mukhtar Museum -Gayer Anderson
Museum
-Mohamed Khalil Museum -Qasr El Eini Musuem -Islamic Ceramiccs
Museum
-Abdeen Palace Museum -Ahemd Shawki Museum -The Child Museum
Pharaonic Monuments
Heliopolis
-Ancient Heliopolis
Memphis
-The Colossus Of Ramesses -The Alabaster Sphinx
Abu Sir
-Khenthaues pyramid -Neferefre Pyramid -Neferirkare Pyramid -Niuserre
Pyramid
-Sahure Pyramid -Abusir Pyramid -The Mastaba Of Ptahshepses
Abu Rawash
-Djedefre Pyramid -Lepsius Pyramid
Dahshur
-Amenemhet II -Amenemhet III Pyramid -Ameny Kemau Pyramid
-Senusret III Pyramid -Snefru Pyramid -Red Pyramid
Giza
-Cheops Khufu Pyramid -Chephren Khafrae Pyramid -Menkaure
Pyramid
-Pyramid Complex -Hetepheres -Tomb Of Idu -Mastaba Of Meresankh III
-Mastaba Of Qar -The Great Sphinx
Christian Monuments
Church
-Abu Serga -Saint Barbara -Saint Goerge -Haret Zuwela -Mari Girgis
-Hanging ( El Mo alaka ) -Babylon -Saint Mercurius -haret Zuwela
Minas
Monasteries
-The Convent Of St. Mary ( Haret Zuwela ) -The Convent Of St
Goerge ( Haret Zuwela )
-Saint Minas ( Deir Abu Mina ) Old Cairo. |
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Hurghada
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 Aswan
Botanical Gardens
Kitchener`s garden located on the other side of Elephantine
Island from Aswan, filled with plants and trees imported from all
over the world, an island must be reached by boat
St. Simeon`s Monastery
Was built at the suxth century ( originally housed 300 monks).
Temples pf Philae
The Philae Temple of Isis was built between 380 and 246 BC,the
temple dedicated to the goddess Isis.
Unfinished Obelisk
More than 40 m in height lay beside the Nile, it may belong to
queen Hatshepsut
Temple of kalapsha
The largest Freestanding Nubian temple in Egypt, the temple was
moved to its present location in 1970, dedicated to the lower Nubian
sun god Mandulis.
Temple of Beit El Wali
Located at south of the Aswan High Dam, and very close to
Klabsha Temple
Dakka Temple
Dedicated to the god Thoth,
Wadi El-Sebwa
Where there Wadi el Sebwa temple
 Abu
Simbel
Located about 280 km. south of Aswan.
A set of two temples, The Sun Temple of Ramses II And Hathour Temple
of Nefertiti
The temple constructed at Nubia By Ramsses II, Four statues at the
entrance of the temple each measuring about 65 feet in height. The
temple dedicated to the gods of Amon-ra,Ptah and Ra-Harakhte
Kom Ombo
Located on River Nile on the east bank about 50 Km north
of Aswan. The famous Kom Ombo Temple are located on a hill west if
the village, the temple dedicated to the god Sobek and the falcon
god Haroeris. The temple built during the Ptolemaic and Roman
periods.
Edfu
Located between Aswan and Luxor, about 110 km south of Luxor., it’s
the Greek city of Apollinopolis Magna
The Main Atraction is the Temple of Horus
The Ptolemaic temple of Edfu, dedicated to the falcon god Horus
The temple was built over a 180-year period from 237BC to 57BC..
Esna
About 55 km south of Luxor.
The temple of Esna dedicated to the god Khnum considered the main
attraction here
 Luxor
The world greatest open air museum
East Bank:
Karnak Temple
Open Air Karnak Museum
Sound And Light At Karnak
Luxor Museum
Luxor Temple
West Bank:
Colossi of Memnon
Temple of Hateshepsut
Tombs of the Nobels
El Deir Ak Bahari
Habu City
Ramesseum
Tombs of the Nobles
Valley of Te kinks
Valley of the Qweens
NB.:The Valley of the kings contains many of the tombs back
to pharaohs from New Kingdom, Tutankhamon, Ramsesses the great,,,,
etc
Most of the tombs can be found in the east valley such as :
Tuthumose III tomb, Horemhed tomb, Ramsesse III tomb, Ramsses
VI,,,,,,etc.
Useful information about some Egyptian goddess
Amun
Amun was one of the most powerful gods in ancient Egypt. At the
height of Egyptian civilisation he was called the 'King of the
Gods'.
Anubis
Anubis was the god of embalming and the dead
Hathor
Hathor was a protective goddess. She was also the goddess of love
and joy. Hathor was the wife of Horus, and was sometimes thought of
as the mother of the pharaoh.
Horus
Horus was a god of the sky.
Isis
Isis was a protective goddess. She used powerful magic spells to
help people in need.
Khepri
Khepri was a god of creation, the movement of the sun, and rebirth.
Khnum
Khnum was a creator god, and a god of the inundation
Osiris
Osiris was the god of the dead, and ruler of the underworld
Ptah
Ptah was the god of craftsmen.
Ra
Ra was the sun god. He was the most important god of the ancient
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