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Ancient Thebes and its necropolis
Thebes, known as the city of the ancient Egyptian god Amun, was the capital of Egypt during the Middle and New Kingdoms. This historic city includes temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, as well as necropolises in the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens. thebes,ancient egypt,ancient thebes with its necropolis,ancient […]
Founded in the 10th century and flanked by the modern architecture of present-day Cairo, this ancient Islamic city is filled with stunning mosques, madrasas, hammams and fountains. cairo,cairo egypt,islamic cairo tour,islamic cairo,old cairo,streets of cairo,historical,islamic cairo walking tour,cairo history,discover historical cairo,cairo 4k,downtown cairo,places to visit in cairo,cairo walking tour,things to do in cairo,cairo streets,al azhar […]
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
to quote the United Nations itself, “UNESCO seeks to promote the identification, protection and conservation of cultural and natural heritage throughout the world that’s of outstanding value to humanity.” To be a World Heritage Site, it must meet one of these ten criteria, and Egypt is the proud home of 7 of these sites So […]
Inside the Qaitbay Fort is the Qaitbay Maritime Museum, which houses a collection of various interesting artifacts from the wars it has witnessed. You can see there relics from the Roman naval battles, the Napoleonic wars in which the fort was bombarded, and the British wars in which it was captured. There is also an […]
A short visit to the Mahmoud Said Museum in Alexandria will transport you to the 1940s and 1950s, the golden era of Egypt’s 20th century and a time when Mahmoud Said, after retiring from his duties as a judge, began to paint Egypt as he saw it, mixing some echoes of the past with modern […]
