Overview
Welcome to civilization! It may not look like it as you walk through Khan el-Khalili, Egypt's most famous market, but Egypt has over five thousand years of recorded history, and the society created by the successive pharaohs has been a blueprint for many peoples since.
When the name Egypt is mentioned, many first thoughts flit to the iconic Pyramids of Giza. The pyramids more than live up to their four thousand years of hype upon viewing, and although the sole survivor of the Seven Wonders of the World is swarmed by visitors, their majesty hasn't been diminished.
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Cairo is dominated by relics from the ancient world – the Pyramids of Giza, the tombs of long-dead pharaohs and the mysterious Sphinx. But the city has transformed over the years into a thriving metropolis where cars and buggies travel side-by-side.
Go for: Archaeological Sites, Sacred Places, River Trips, Art Collections, Museums
12 experiences:
The Great Pyramid, The Nile, The Egyptian Museum, Memphis and its Necropolis, Pyramid of Djoser.
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Go for: Archaeological Sites, Sacred Places, Temples, Monuments & Landmarks, Paranormal
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Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis, Valley of the Kings, The Temple of Karnak, The Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut, Temple of Amon.
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Go for: Fishing, Activity Courses, Learn to Dive, Windsurfing
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Learning to Dive in the Red Sea, Fishing in the Red Sea, Hurghada windsurfing.
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'This is not only the best preserved ancient temple in Egypt, but the second largest after Karnak. It was believed that the temple was built on the site of the great battle between Horus and Seth. Hence, the current temple was but the last in a long...
Go for: Archaeological Sites
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Temple of Horus.
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Go for: Archaeological Sites
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Temple of Isis, The Unfinished Obelisk.
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Similar to other temple sites in Egypt, Dendera marks the location of a very old holy place. An indication of the antiquity of the site is given by the astronomical alignment of the main temple to Gamma Draconis before 5000BC. Early texts refer to a...
Go for: Sacred Places
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Dendera's Temple of the Goddess Hathor.
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Kom Ombo is unique in that it has an unusual ground plan, unifying two adjacent temples. One is dedicated to the crocodile-headed Sobek, god of fertility and creator of the world, the other to the falcon-headed Horace (an aspect of Horus), the solar...
Go for: Temples
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Temple of Kom Ombo.
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The Rosetta Stone, with its decree written in three different languages, offered Egyptologists the key to deciphering the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script. Dating from 196BC, it is a large stone tablet inscribed with the same text three times,...
Go for: Archaeological Sites
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The Rosetta Stone (origin).
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Moulids are Egyptian festivals held to honour a regions local saints and Islamic mystics, and the Moulid of Sayyid Ahmed Al-Badawi, held in the tiny Nile Delta town of Tanta, is one of the largest.
Around two million pilgrims travel to the city to...
Go for: Festivals
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Moulid of Sayyid Ahmed Al-Badawi.
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"Ritz Carlton's 'first hotel in Africa' - except it's in Asia"
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Cairo
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