Bey Citadel

Bey Citadel

Bey Citadel
This castle is located at the end of the island of Pharos maximum west of Alexandria. And constructed in place of the old Lighthouse of Alexandria, which destroyed in 702 AH after the devastating earthquake that occurred during the reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad. The Sultan began Ashraf Abu-Nasr Qaitbay building this castle in the year 882 AH and finished construction year 884 AH. The reason for his interest in Alexandria frequent direct threats to Egypt by the Ottoman Empire, which threatened the entire Arab region.
And this castle takes the form of box covers an area of 150 m * 130 m surrounded by sea on three sides. This castle walls and the main tower. The walls are divided into wall indoor and outdoor. Valsor procedure includes soldiers barracks and weapons stores. The outer wall of the castle fitted in those four defensive towers rise to the level of the fence with the exception of the eastern wall loss includes defensive slots for GNU

Pharaonic Village

Pharaonic Village

Pharaonic Village

Found in: 3 Great Sea Street - Cairo

Is a village when you enter you think you came back thousands of years .. Community is where you live

From the moment you start touring boat ride through the canals which run through the village you find yourself

Completely immersed in Pharaonic Egypt, wherever directed gaze will receive more and more
Scenes and echoes of ancient Egypt .. So you're convinced in the end that you really have traveled through time to

The distant past and wonderful
This village began a dream .. Imagine Dr. Hassan Ragab possibility of establishing a living museum people Hakiqin

Wearing what existed seven thousand years ago

That was in 1974

Dr. planting began 5000 tree of trees that were characterized by Pharaonic Egypt .. Then

Bring to bulrush seeds .. As well as birds that were almost extinct in the world .. All this in order to

Approaching the picture of life in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago

And slowly began to dream realized .. Until it became the Pharaonic Village is open for visits since 1984

 And introduced some additions and amendments in 1992

Azhar Park

Azhar Park

Azhar Park

Azhar Park was created over a wide area. ".
Located on the west side of the park the old Fatimid city and its extension trail Red
Mosques, shrines, and decorated with a long line of minarets, to the south is the Sultan Hassan mosque and surrounded, in addition to the Citadel of Saladin, this area was already in need of a green open space. The mound on which the park provides a high view of the city, and give a panoramic view of a wonderful 360 degree views of historic Cairo charismatic. Before starting work, study was a great site for garbage. The workers remove accumulations of garbage and stones accumulated over 500 years, estimated tonnage material 80,000 Cart Comte in the site over the centuries, and during the initialization of the site has been many great discoveries. These discoveries included the discovery of the Ayyubid city wall, which dates back to the twelfth century during the reign of Salah al-Din, as well as many of the stones precious writings Hiroglovih. Those older stones, some of which reach lengths to one meter, was used to build a fence Saladin. In order to detect the wall that buried over time had to be drilling to a depth of 15 meters, 1.5 kilometers from the fence towers and terraces not Almove, appeared in all splendor. Has Ptsmiyeta Engineer Egyptian Maher Steno and the implementation of Egyptian companies and managed by qualified Egyptian

Khan el-Khalili and Fatimid Cairo

Khan el-Khalili and Fatimid Cairo

Khan el-Khalili and Fatimid Cairo

Khan el-Khalili, one of the oldest markets in the Middle, a little older than 600 years, and still authentic architecture persists unchanged since the Mamluk era until now. Immigrated to him a large number of traders Palestinian city of Hebron and Sknoh and now has the community of folks Hebron inhabit it operates trade and them attributed Khan el-Khalili in Cairo and has been called that name in relation to its founder and is one of the princes Mamluks and was named Yarkas Khalili, a city of Hebron

If we go back by time back often will Italana Arab historian months Maqrizi who says Khan building big box surrounded courtyard and resembles the Agency, including class bottom of it stores, and comprises the upper layers stores and housing, has been named this name relative to the origin Sharif (Khalili), which was great Traders in the era of Sultan plum in 1400.
Was in Fatimid Cairo multiple markets, and public squares constructed for the purpose of trade is called (Caesarea) has allocated each to sell a particular commodity, and some sell things that bring convoys of Abyssinia such as drugs and parrots and gold dust, there has been private markets for precious stones in the street Moski , but now settled in the Khan el-Khalili, agate and coral, emerald and turquoise and other types of stones Indian, Ethiopian and Yemeni attracts tourists and kidnap their eyes

Cairo Tower

Cairo Tower

Cairo Tower

 Cairo was built between 1956 - 1961 of reinforced concrete design
  And is located
 In the heart of Cairo on the Nile River island of Zamalek
Up to 187 meters high and is higher than the Great Pyramid in Giza, about 43 meters
There atop the Cairo Tower tourist restaurant on a rotating platform revolves manned the restaurant to see Cairo landmarks from all sides

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Egyptian Museum

Egyptian Museum

Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Contains the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities, the British Museum and the Louvre and the Metropolitan Museum (New York). Egyptian Museum and sits in the heart of Cairo's Tahrir Square since 1906, The Museum Gallery contains the 136 A Pharaonic impact, in addition to hundreds of thousands of effects in warehouses
Sections Museum
Divided according to its importance or impact the amount provided by the sixth and seventh Kalksm, either arrangements second, third and fourth were based on the chronological order and taken into account included the most important relics in the department and other key periods in another department, and as follows

Section one: the effects of King Tutankhamun toll, which the discovery of the tomb of one of the
 One time amounted effects which more than 3,500 relics of gold in addition to the mummies
Section II: the old state, one of the prosperous periods in the history of Egypt
Old is the building of the pyramids and the period of King Khufu, a period in which the rule of four ruling families "of the third sixth
Section III: Central State
Section IV: the modern state is the great Empire period of Ramses II and Tutankhamun and Merneptah and Akhenaten and Tuthmosis
Section V: Family "21 to 30" any way for the entry of Alexander the Great to Egypt
Section VI: Department of papyrus and currency, and collected all the papyri
Section VII: Section "ا

Egypt travel

Pyramids of Giza

Pyramids Djizho pyramids of Egypt is located on the Giza Plateau in Giza, Egypt on the western bank of the Nile River was built by about 25 centuries BC, about 2480 - 2550 BC. M, which is about three pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.
And pyramids is a cemetery property of their respective named the king who built was buried in it after his death, and the hierarchical structure here is a stage in the evolution of architecture tombs in ancient Egypt, which began crater small turned into a compartment under the ground and then to several rooms topped bench and then evolved to take the form of pyramid by architect Aamahotb Minister pharaoh Zoser in the Third Dynasty pyramid exists in the necropolis of Saqqara, and subsequent attempts to King Sneferu, founder of the Fourth Dynasty to build a pyramid full but appeared pyramids is Salimi shape and are located in Dahshur, one splayed base and the other was taken form the smallest yet half the size, The engineer Hmeono able engineer of King Khufu to reach the perfect pyramid shape and the construction of the pyramid of Cheops in Giza, on an area of 13 acres and the subsequent pyramid of Khafre and Menkaure.

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