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Churches and Temples
The highlights of Old Cairo are connected to the three central religions of the region. The main sites of Islamic Cairo are the Citadel and the Mosque of Muhammad Ali. In the mosque’s courtyard, visitors can see the clock that...
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Egyptian Museum
The Egyptian Museum was built in 1900 by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon. Its purpose was to house artifacts collected by the French archeologist Auguste Mariette, whose mausoleum is located in its gardens. (The Temple of Edfu was one of...
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Indagare Tour: Markets
Visit the bustling market of Khan el-Khalili—not for the shopping, but for the atmosphere. Most of the shops in the labyrinthine souk sell the same tourist souvenirs: ceramics, copper ware, carpets, leather, gold jewelry and lots of cotton goods, from...
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Manial Palace Museum
The Manial Palace and Museum is a former Alawiyya dynasty era palace that sits on Rhoda Island on the Nile. It is an easy-to-reach Cairo activity that’s for those interested in seeing the setting and lifestyle of the late 19th-...
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Memphis and Saqqâra
The pyramids at Saqqâra, where Egypt’s royalty and nobility were buried during the Old Kingdom (mid-to-late third millennium BC), are worth a visit. It is the largest archaeological site in Egypt, and important discoveries are still being made here. In...
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Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum
Set in an ornate palace in Giza, this museum is dedicated to lauded politician Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil and contains a variety of historic artifacts. The museum also has an impressive collection of paintings, including many by prominent Impressionist artists such...
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National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
NMEC is the first museum in the Arab world focusing on the earliest civilization in history: the Ancient Egyptian Civilization. The permanent collection at NMEC sits on the main floor and consists of artifacts and antiquities from the Predynastic and...
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Nile Cruises
Fewer than 300 boats have licenses to operate on the Nile, and after the Arab Spring when tourism to Egypt evaporated, many of them were moored for months. The hotels in Luxor and Aswan stood as empty as haunted houses,...
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Pyramids
At the distance of a few miles the Pyramids rising above the palms, looked very clean-cut, very grand and imposing, and very soft and filmy, as well. They swam in a rich haze that took from them all suggestions of...
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The Gayer Anderson Museum and the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun
The Gayer Anderson Museum and the Mosque of Ahmad ibn Tulun are located adjacent to one another in the Sayyida Zeinab neighborhood of Cairo. The Gayer Anderson Museum takes its name from Major R.G. Gayer Anderson Pasha (who lived in...
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The Nile
Most of the great treasures of ancient Egyptian civilization, and two thirds of all of the world’s antiquities, lie on the East and West banks of the River Nile between Luxor and Aswan. During the reign of the great pharaonic...
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The Sphinx
Situated adjacent to the Pyramids, the Great Sphinx is not only the most recognized Egyptian monument, but one of the best known monuments in the world. The massive lion body with the head of a pharaoh most likely dates back...
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