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| Egypt Attractions: Cairo Sightseeing |
List of Cairo attractions and sights. Cairo historical places to visit; pyramids, museums, temples, tombs, mosques, palaces, mausoleums, castles and more... |
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Pyramids of Giza |
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The Pyramids of Giza represent one of the greatest architectural feats by man. The last surviving member of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the world's oldest tourist attractions and the reason most people visit Egypt today. |
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Khan El-Khalili Bazaar |
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Khan El-Khalili is one of the world’s best-known oriental bazaars where silver, brass and leather-ware, wooden objects inlaid with shell and mother-of pearl, jewelry and koftans are still fashioned bycraftsmen practicing skills passed down along generations |
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Pharaonic Village |
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In the Pharaonic Village you will be taken, on a fantastic journey, to the days of the Pharaohs, a time brought to life by an incredible group of actors and actresses, faithful and exact reproductions of buildings, clothing, and lifestyles. |
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Cairo Tower |
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Cairo Tower, 187 meters in height, is the tallest concrete building in the East; a landmark of modern Egypt from the top of which visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the city |
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Egyptian Museum |
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houses the richest collection of antiquities from the 3000-year old-Egyptian civilization, including the treasures of King Tut Ankh Amun. |
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Coptic Museum |
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The Coptic Museum, in Old Cairo, comprises rare collections dating back to the early Christianperiod (1st to the 7th Centuries). The nearby churches, the oldest in Christendom, reflect vividly theearliest manifestations of the Coptic spirit in art and worship. |
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Church of St. Sergius |
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The Church of St. Sergius, a 5thcentury basilica in Old Cairo, built over a crypt where the HolyFamily is believed to have stayed during their flight into Egypt. The Museum of Islamic Art is therepository of masterpieces representing the flowering of Islamic art in successive eras |
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Memphis |
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Memphis was the first imperial capital of Egypt, beginning late in the 4th millennium BCE, when King Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt under one king. Memphis was the capital of Egypt throughout the major period of pyramid builders, and would remain a great city for almost 4000 years, until the Muslim establishment of Cairo took away its regional importance.
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Al Azhar Mosque |
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Al Azhar Mosque and University were founded in the 10th century AD the university has sincethen remained the world’s oldest and leading center of Islamic learning. |
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Mosque of Ibn Touloun |
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The Mosque of Ibn Touloun, named after the founder of the Toulounid State who built it in 878AD., has the unique feature of an external spiral staircase winding up a minaret that is also, in shape,unlike any other. |
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Mosque of Sultan Hassan |
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The Mosque of Sultan Hassan built by Al Nasser Hassan Ibn Mohammed Ibn Qalawoon in 1385AD, it is generally regarded by art historians as being among the supreme achievements of Islamicarchitecture. |
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Citadel of Saladin |
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The Citadel of Saladin (Salah El-Din) Built in 1183 in the medieval stronghold tradition. locatedatop the Mokattam hill-range, it commands a strategic view of the entire capital and, together withthe Mohammed All Mosque raised by its namesake more than six centuries later, dominates the Cairo skyline. |
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Al Matariya Obelisk |
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Al Matariya Obelisk and the Virgin’s Tree. The suburb of Matariya stands on the site of one ofEgypts most ancient cities On called by the Greeks Heliopolis where the world s first observatoryonce towered, and of which nothing but the Obelisk now remains. There too, is the Virgin’s Tree,which provided the Holy Family with shade and shelter during their sojourn in Egypt. |
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Gayer-Anderson Museum |
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Also known as Bayt Al-Kiritliya, the museum consists of two Ottoman houses joined together, restored, and furnished by Major Gayer-Anderson, a British member of the Egyptian civil service in the 30s and 40s |
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Classic Egypt Tour packages |
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