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In General

Cairo EgyptCairo Which Egyptians call the mother of all city's is an amazing city full of life and energy. 24 hours every day is noisy honking of horns and local sellers that they sell almost everything. Is a disoriented place but most of the cities lays on the east bunk of the river Nile. Visitors often felling most comfortably footing them feet in the western down town district of the central Cairo around Mintan Dahrir. It is not just the Pharaohning monuments that have drawn travelers in this country but also the feeling of been here. since long before the birth of Christ is legacy from the Greeks Romans and early Christians and the profusion of art architecture accumulated from centuries of the success Islamic dynasties.

 

 Khan El Khalili

Khan el-Khalili for many is the most entertaining part of Cairo, once known as the Turkish bazaar during the Ottoman period, is now usually just called the Khan. The Khan is bordered on the south by al-Azhar Street and on the west by the al Muski Market. The market was built in 1382 by the Emir Djaharks el-Khalili in the heart of the Fatimid City. the al-Muski together with el-Khalili market  they comprise and  represent the market tradition which established Cairo as a major center of trade. If you are in Khan el-Khalili you have to drink tea and smoke shisha, Naguib Mahfouz Cafe is a very famous spot, you can enjoy the eastern atmosphere and specially under eastern music. As other attractions of Cairo belly dancing show is something that cannot be missed, there are many casinos with belly dancers shows most of them located at AL Haram street. Khan el-Khalili It is un ancient shopping area and one of the sights in Egypt that you should  not miss.

 

Pyramids

The pyramids of giza is the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt they build     around 4.500 years ago on a rocky desert plateau close to the Nile. But The intriguing Egyptian Pyramids they was something more then a tombs for kings the mystery surrounding them symbolism and many of this mysteries will never be solved. The great Pyramid of Heops at Giza is the largest of the Pyramids of ancient Egypt and was regarded from the ancient Greeks as one of the 7 wonders of the world. Heopas as the Greeks call him ruled about 2589an till  2566 BC. When the old kingdom of Egypt was really in a big prosperity and culture. After his death he was entombed in a Pyramid that is astonishing for both its size and mathematical  precision. The Great Pyramid of Giza, built by the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu during the Fourth Dynasty. The exact number of stones was originally estimated at 2,300,000 stone blocks.  The people of ancient Egypt believe that the death on earth is a start of a journey to the next world, the embalmed body of the king was entombed to protect it and allow his transformation to the after life. Exactly how the Pyramids build its unclear It seems like that the Pyramids of Giza not build by slaves but by paid laborers multivalent in the divinity and immortality of them kings. Unfortunately inside the Pyramids is nothing left more than 100.000 antiques from almost every period of the ancient Egyptian history are housed in the Egyptian museum.

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The Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is a large man headed lion that was carved from a mound of natural rock. is the national symbol of Egypt, and is have been built by the 4th Dynasty King, Khafre dated by the standard Egyptian chronology to 2558-2532 BC. For many years now is a lot of legends about the Great Sphinx. The stories tell about the powers and mysteries of the sphinx. Some people even believe that there are hidden passageways or rooms underneath of the Sphinx. Who shoot the nose off the Sphinx It was the Turks who purportedly shot it off during target practice or Napoleon nobody knows really.

 

Tutankhamen

The most of the treasures it was found in the tomb of the young king pharaoh Tutankhamen. Tutankhamen born around 1347 BC. He was the 12 ruler of the 18 dynasty. Tutankhamen was the son of King Akhenaten and his secondary wife, Kiya. He spent his early years in Amarna, His mother seems to have died giving birth to him and his father die when Tutankhamen was just 10 years old. The name Tutankhamen mean The living image of the god Amun. When he was 9 he married his half-sister Ankhesenamen, who was about his age. The legend says that anyone who dares to open his tomb will suffer the curse of the mummy. Tutankhamen die 18 years old. A small sliver of bone within the appear cranial cavity of his mummy that shows that the young pharaoh might have been killed by a blow to the head this discovered from X-rays analysis.

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