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Saqqara

For other meanings, see: Sakkara (disambiguation) . Saqqara ( Arabic: سقارة‎, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis.

Muhammad Ali of Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha ( Ottoman Turkish: محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; Arabic: محمد علي باشا‎ / ALA-LC: Muḥammad 'Alī Bāshā; Albanian: Mehmet Ali Pasha; Turkish: Kavalalı Mehmet Ali Paşa; 4 March 1769 - 2 August 1849) was an Ottoman Albanian commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wāli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan with the Ottoman's temporary approval.

Egyptian Museum

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or Museum of Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display, the remainder in storerooms. The Egyptian Museum of Antiquities contains many important pieces of ancient Egyptian history.

Al-Azhar Park

Al-Azhar Park is a public park located in Cairo, Egypt. Among several honors, this park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces ( PPS). The park was created by the Historic Cities Support Programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture , an entity of the Aga Khan Development Network .

Khufu ship

The Khufu ship is an intact full-size vessel from Ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC. The ship now is preserved in the Giza Solar boat museum.

Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan

The Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan is a massive Mamluk era mosque and madrassa located near the Citadel in Cairo. Its construction began 757 AH/1356 CE with work ending three years later "without even a single day of idleness". At the time of construction the mosque was considered remarkable for its fantastic size and innovative architectural components.

Memphis, Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

According to legend related by Manetho, the city was founded by the pharaoh Menes around 3000 BC. Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom, it remained an important city throughout ancient Mediterranean history. It occupied a strategic position at the mouth of the Nile delta, and was home to feverish activity.

Mosque of Ibn Tulun

The Mosque of Ahmad Ibn Ţūlūn ( Arabic: مسجد أحمد بن طولون‎) is located in Cairo, Egypt. It is arguably the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form, and is the largest mosque in Cairo in terms of land area.

Cairo Citadel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Saladin Citadel of Cairo ( Arabic: قلعة صلاح الدين‎ Qalaʿat Salāḥ ad-Dīn ) is a medieval Islamic fortification in Cairo, Egypt. The location, on Mokattam hill near the center of Cairo, was once famous for its fresh breeze and grand views of the city.

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Zamalek

Zamalek

This article is about the Cairo district. For the Football Club, see Zamalek SC. For Zamalek as the nickname for Black Label beer, see Carling Black Label. Zamalek ( Egyptian Arabic: الزمالك pronounced [ez.zæˈmæːlek]) is an affluent district of western Cairo encompassing the northern portion of Gezira Island in the Nile River.

Al-Rifa'i Mosque - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Al-Rifa'i Mosque ( Arabic: مسجد الرفاعى‎, transliterated also as Al-Rifai, Al-Refai, Al-Refa'i, and named in English the Royal Mosque), is located in Cairo, Egypt, in Midan al-Qal'a, adjacent to the Cairo Citadel. The building is located opposite the Mosque-Madrassa of Sultan Hassan, which dates from around 1361, and was architecturally conceived as a complement to the older structure.

Bayt Al-Suhaymi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bayt Al-Suhaymi ("House of Suhaymi") is an old Ottoman era house museum in Cairo, Egypt. It was originally built in 1648 by Abdel Wahab el Tablawy along the Darb al-Asfar, a very prestigious and expensive part of Medieval Cairo. In 1796 it was purchased by Sheikh Ahmed as-Suhaymi whose family held it for several subsequent generations.

Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo

The Museum of Islamic Art, in Cairo, Egypt, is considered one of the greatest in the world, with its exceptional collection of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, crystal, and textile objects of all periods, from all over the Islamic world.

Mosque of Amr ibn al-As

The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As ( Arabic: جامع عمرو بن العاص‎), also called the Mosque of Amr, was originally built in 642 AD, as the center of the newly founded capital of Egypt, Fustat. The original structure was the first mosque ever built in Egypt, and by extension, the first mosque on the continent of Africa.

Heliopolis (Cairo suburb)

This article is about the modern district of Heliopolis. For the ancient Egyptian city, see Heliopolis (ancient). Modern Heliopolis ( Arabic: مصر الجديدة‎ Maṣr el-Gedīdah , IPA: [ˈmɑsˤɾ elɡɪˈdidæ] literally "New Egypt"; Ancient Greek: Ηλιόπολις Heliópolis , "City of Sun"), was a suburb out of Cairo, Egypt, now a part of and a district of Cairo.