The 10 Best
Places to Visit in Egypt
Gain more knowledge about the great history of Egypt while your
holiday around it with The 10 Best Places to Visit in Egypt.
Pyramids
of Giza
Pyramids of Giza, one
of the seven wonder of the world, were constructed on one of the rockiest
plateaus on the banks of the Nile in Northern Egypt, served as the necropolis
for the royalty of the old kingdom, the pyramid structure represents the
evolution for tomb design, built to endure eternity for another life
Giza plateau are funerary structures of three kings of the
fourth dynasty, Comprised of pyramids, tombs complexes and workers' residence,
the solar boat museum, and the great sphinx
City
of Memphis
The name of Memphis is
derived from the Ancient Egyptian name called Min-Nefer, then Greeks called it
latter Memphis. Nowadays it is a local village called Mit Rahina.
It was founded in the
1st Dynasty (3100 B.C) by King Narmar, Memphis was the capital of Ancient
Egypt, and the first capital city founded after the unification of Upper and
Lower Egypt. It remained as the capital of Ancient Egypt throughout the Old
Kingdom.
Memphis was a centre for the worship of Ptah, god of creation
and artworks, The creator god Ptah, his consort Sekhmet, and their son
Nefertem, were the main focus of worship in the city which formed Memphis
triad.
The
Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian museum
located in Tahrir Square, houses an unbelievable exhibit over 120,000
artefacts, which depicting ancient Egypt's glorious reign. Mummies,
sarcophagus, pottery, jewellery and of course King Tutankhamun's treasures,
this vast heritage is revealed in all its unparalleled glory hundreds of
magnificent full-color photographs with special lighting techniques.
Egyptian museum founded in the 19th century by the French
Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, to halt the plundering of archaeological sites
and to arrange the exhibition of the collected artifacts, The Azbakian garden
in Cairo was first used as a storage place for these artifacts, a museum was
prepared at Boulaq, then transferred to an annex of the Giza palace of Ismail
pasha, The present museum was built in 1900, in the neoclassical style by the
French architect Marcel Dourgnon
The
Step Pyramid of Saqqara
Saqqara Or Sakkara is
a desolate desert located west of the Nile 9 miles (14 km) south of Cairo,
saqqara complex containd pyramid of djoser, Pharaohs buildings, columns and
shrines, Mastaba of Mereruka, Pyramid texts of Unas, The purpose off saqqara
complex is to facilitate a successful afterlife for the king so that he could
be eternally reborn.
Step Pyramid or (pyramid of djoser) consecrated to king djoser,
built by architect Imhotep, during third dynasty in Sakkara which was the
cemetery for Memphis, Djoser's complex is the first stone building in Egypt
whose architect is known with the name of Imhotep, The entrance to Sakkara has
a large scale stone wall surrounds the complex.
Karnak Temple
One of the biggest temple complexes in the world is the Karnak
Temple. This magnificent Temple, which is 200 acres (1.5 km by 0.8 km) in size
and has an incredibly rich architectural history, was built to honour the
Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu and served as a place of pilgrimage for
almost 2,000 years.
This great Temple of Amon Ra was known during the Middle Kingdom
period as Ipt-Swt, which means the Selected Spot. It was also called Pr-Imn, or
the House of Amon. From the Arabic word Karnak, which means fortified village,
came the name Al-Karnak.
This superb complex hosting a group of temples and it has been
enlarged over a thirteen hundred years period. Enclosed are the three primary
temples of Montu, Amun, and Mut.The three main temples of Mut, Montu and Amun
are enclosed by enormous brick walls. The Open Air Museum is located to the
north of the first courtyard, across from the Sacred Lake.
The Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is separated into two valleys: the East
Valley, which contains the majority of the royal tombs, and the West Valley,
which is known in Arabic as the Valley of the Gates or wadi El Pipan. The
valley served as a royal burial site for pharaohs such Tutankhamun, Seti I, and
Ramses II as well as queens, high priests, and other eminent members of the
18th, 19th, and 20th dynasties during Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.).
The number has recently increased due to the discovery of the
burial chamber in 2006 (often referred to as the "tomb of 63") and
the discovery of additional entrances to the same room in 2008.
Colossi of Memnon
Memnon's Colossi The Colossi of Memnon are two enormous seated
stone sculptures that portray King Amenhotep III. They are often referred to as
the singing statues or "The Vocal Memnon," and it is thought that
this is why they were so well-liked throughout the Roman era. This was most
likely brought on by the stone's expansion as it warmed up throughout the day
and cooled off at night.
The Luxor Museum
The Luxor Museum is house to a collection of 26 exceptionally
well preserved statues that were discovered buried close to the famed Luxor
Temple. It is situated in the heart of Luxor and has a view of the west bank of
the Nile River.
The museum's grounds are 55 metres long and 29 metres wide, and
its facade was built to face the Nile. Additionally, this temple has two
obelisks at the entrance, one of which is in Paris and the other is still in
Luxor, both of which bear inscriptions listing King Ramses II's victories. The
museum first opened to the public in 1975.
Abu Simbel Temple
Was devoted to Ptah, Harmakis, and Amon Ra, the gods of ancient
Egypt. Four statues that belonged to the Pharaoh make up the façade. Four
enormous seated statues of Ramses are depicted on the massive facade of the
Ramses II temple. The statues are each 67 feet high, and the facade is 119 feet
broad and 100 feet high. The region was once on the southern edge of pharaonic
Egypt, facing Nubia. Beautiful specimens of ancient Egyptian art can be found
in the four enormous statues of Ramses that stand in front of the main temple.
The largest surviving sculptures from the pharaonic era are the four figures
that stand watch at the entrance of the greater of these temples. then set sail
in the direction of Kasr Ibrim, Amada, and Bennut Tomb.
Aswan Dam
When it was constructed in the 1960s, the Aswan Dam—a famous
high dam nearby Aswan—was a feat of engineering. Its material content is 18
times more than that of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. As of today, the dam,
which is 11,811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at its base, and 364 feet tall,
coupled with the older Aswan Dam, constructed by the British between 1898 and
1902, and located 6 kilometres downstream, supplies irrigation and energy for
all of Egypt. From the top of the two-mile-long High Dam, you can see the
enormous power plant to the north, the Kalabsha Temple in the south, and Lake
Nassar, the enormous reservoir that was created when it was built.
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