Explore Egypt Tours Editorial Team

This museum was built for displaying the collections that date back to the Christian period in Egypt. These collections are showing the mixture that happened between the ancient Egyptian civilization and Christianity, and how the Christian community lived in Egypt.

Nilometer is divided into two parts; the outer part is the dome that takes conical shape and forms, while the second one is the inner part, which is the well that takes a circular shape. 4) Cairo Tower or El Gezira Tower What is the history of Cairo Tower?

After the conquering of The Fatimids Egypt, the ruler Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah commanded Jawhar Al-Siqilli to build Cairo city in 969 AD and dedicated as the capital of Egypt. Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah named this city Al-Qahira (It is an Arabic word means the vanquisher).

Why was that boat called the solar boat? Because it is thought that this boat was one of the important funerary elements that were placed with the king in his tomb for use in the other world for sailing during his day and night trip with the god Ra (Sun God).

These mummies will be displayed in a new concept whereas each king will be exhibited beside parts of his collections discovered in his tomb. This display will allow visitors to identify on kings' personalities through their images and treasures.�� How does Cairo prepare to receive that great event?

We know a little about the ancient history of this city except for the discovery of the necropolis that backs to the Greco-Roman period. But the cause of the fame of Al-Alamein city is that it hosted two important battles in Egyptian history during World War II.

Its importance backs to the civilizational mixing that was created between the Greko-Roman and the ancient Egypt Civilization as it was the capital of Egypt for approximately 1000 years! What are the most attractive destinations that can be seen in Alexandria?

Additionally, the Greeks Rulers merged the ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology. The Ptolemies gave the Jews a great position, whereas the Ptolemaic kings welcomed them in Egypt from Palestine, thus their numbers became increasing and centered from Alexandria to Aswan.

When did the Jews come to Egypt/Alexandria? Jews had a great position during the Ptolemaic period, whereas the Ptolemaic kings welcomed them in Egypt from Palestine and settled in it, thus their numbers became increasing and centered from Alexandria to Aswan.

On 21 Jun 2020, a new discovery from South Sinai came out to the world whereas the Egyptian explorer Samer Samuel discovered a cave through his searches in South Sinai. It is an archaeological cave holding many ancient colorful inscriptions that back to 10,000 years BC.