When I say Egypt everyone will think about the pyramids right, but in Egypt there is a lot of places you should know it, my country has oldest history in the world and I’m so proud of that, so during the time we got more and more historic places, romantic places , pleasure places , Therapeutic places, let us help you dear customer to know about it .
The Giza Plateau is only around 30 minutes from Cairo locate in Giza city , dates back 4500 years ago including the three pyramids of Cheops, Khafre and Menkaure ,which were their tombs because the ancient Egyptians believe of resurrection which meaning beck to live after death so that’s way they built their tombs very well and protect it with sphinx statue of the king khafra which considered the biggest statue in all over the world.
2- Cairo
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the most biggest city in Egypt and Africa , so you can’t visit Cairo without see the (Egyptian-museum) at el- Tahrir square established in 1897 and opened 1902 during the reign of khideve Abbas Helmi. Mariette Pasha gives order that, when he died, he should buried in the same place (Egyptian Museum). So his tomb is at the end left visitor from the main entrance of the Egyptian Museum and we have his statue. It gives the date of his birth and date of his death . Egyptian-museum has over 120,000 pieces of all different area and times of pharaonic periods and the most important collection of King Tutankhamun , also Cairo have The Alabaster Mosque at the Citadel of Salah el-Din on the top of a limestone hill overlooking , and it is considered the most important mosque in Cairo , opens its doors to visitors of all faiths , The lower part of the Mosque is caver with Alabaster, while the rest of the mosque was built with limestone and contracted in 19th century by the king Mohamed ali , nearby it you can visit khalili-bazaar and market to fell the Egyptian life and can drink any Egyptian tested drinks and walk around , see also Egypt oldest churches like hanging church , st surges church in old-Cairo.
3-Luxor
Luxor is the modern nomination of an ancient city. In the antiquity, it was called many names like
” The City of the Scepter “
” The City of Amon “
” The City of the South ” or ” The Southern City “
” Heliopolis of the South “
or more simply ” The City ” : During the Greco – Roman period , this city was called Diopolois Magna , ( The Great City of Zeus ) and Thebes . The last name was driven either from the name of the Greek City ( Thebes with 100 doors ) , but , Luxor name , it is perhaps a corruption of an Arabic word means the palaces ) .we know that the capital of Egypt was transferred more than one time for example : Memphis city during old kingdom ,Armant city during middle kingdom ,Thebes city during the begging of the new kingdom , the real importance of this city started to appear with the 18th Dynasty when it became the capital of the Egyptian Empire ,the main god of Thebes was AMON and his wife MUT with their son KHONSU beside these mentioned gods , some other divinities were worshipped in Thebes as well , the city of Luxor is the greatest archeological city in the world it combines the largest number of monuments .on the eastern bank of the Nile , we have the Luxor temple and great temple of “Amun ra” at karnak . As for the western bank, it is full of various kinds of the monumental constructions such as royal funerary temples dominated by the temple of Hatshepsut , at EL-Deir El-Bahari , the temple of Madinet Habu , and the Ramesseum . beside all of these temples we find also the Valley of the Kings ,Valley of Queens ,the site of Deir El-Madineh and tombs of the Noble
4-ASWAN
Aswan is ancient border city in southern Egypt. Its climate is characteristic of the climate of Africa. Its streets are the cleanest and most beautiful in Egypt. More than five thousand years ago, it was not the territory of Egypt, but another country called Nubia. The Nubians are an ethnic group in ancient Egypt: in ancient times, the appearance of Nubians was almost the same as that of Egyptians. Nubians and Egyptians have no difference in culture, dialects, and traditional customs. When Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt were unified in 3200 BC, Egypt developed rapidly and became a developed country, but Nubia lags behind the Asia-Pacific region. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that it became a famous city: the main achievement of the Aswan Reservoir Project was to find the monuments and temples of Aswan, It is the gateway to Sudan. In ancient times, it was the center of trade with Sudan and Ethiopia. and covers an area about 32 square kilometers, and you can walk the whole city on foot. Sit down by the Nile River and take a walk on the Nile Street. You can watch the sailing boats on the river or listen to Nubian music in the canteen floating on the Nile River. The population of Aswan is about one million people. This city was originally an important trading center of Egypt. In Coptic, Aswan means market. now one of the most important industrial and commercial cities in Egypt; there are iron and steel, fertilizer, sugar, textile, leather, cement and other industries, mining iron ore and stone. The large dam, the Temple of Philae, and the unfinished obelisk are the most important places in Aswan.
5-Abo simbel temples
The temple of Abu simbel is the focus of tourism in Aswan. It is located 280 kilometers south of Aswan and only 40 kilometers away from Sudan; it is the most remote temple in Egypt. The Temple Abu simbel was built by King Ramses II. (Ramses II has ruled Egypt for 67 years. He married 99 wives and gave birth to more than 90 children. The most statues in Egypt belong to him.) The temple is about 30 meters high and 36 meters wide. This temple location is not the original place; the original location was under the water: more than 30 years ago, when the construction of the large dam began and the ancient ruins of Nubia faced eternal bad luck, its value became the world’s attention. . UNESCO issued an appeal to countries around the world to save Nubia, and 51 countries responded. From 1960 to 1980, experts carried out more than 40 large-scale antiquities saving activities; an investigation group composed of archaeologists from 24 countries surveyed the areas threatened by tidal water, and 22 temples were determined and calculated. , After being dismantled, transferred to a safe area, and then rebuilt with its old appearance. The current temple is 65 meters taller than the original one. All temples in Egypt are inside-out, only the temple of Abu simbel is outside-in. The designers of Abu simbel Temple accurately used astronomy, astrology, and geography to design the temple as required only on Ramses II’s birthday (February 22) and the day of become the king of Egypt (October 22) ), the golden glow of the rising sun can enter from the gate of the temple, pass through the 60-meter long, and spread over the whole body of the statue of Ramses II at the end of the temple, while the other statues on the left and right cannot enjoy the sun shine, people take the day when this spectacle takes place on the Sun Festival. There are 24 monkeys on the wall, all pointing out 24 hours of the day.