Luxor Temple Luxor Temple, or The Temple of Luxor, is among the most beautiful temples throughout Egypt. During the New Kingdom, it was known in as Ipt-Rsyt, or the southern shrine, in order to differentiate between this temple and Karnak Temple, located at the northern house of Amon Ra.   Amenhotep III built Luxor Temple. […]

The mosque of Al Refaie’ is considered one of the most remarkable Islamic structures in all of Cairo. The mosque is located in the Qala’a which is situated right in front of the citadel, just facing the great Mosque of Al Sultan Hassan. The Refaie Mosque was embellished by Khoshiar, the mother of Khedive Ismail, to be the […]

“This city looks quite different from above than what one sees from below.” The famous Egyptian actor, Adel Emam, said this to describe Cairo. It is quite expressive as the city looks quite different from above, especially from the top of the Cairo Tower. Many tourists from all over the world, especially Arabs, visit Cairo Tower when […]

  In Encyclopaedia Britannica, a synagogue is described as “A prayer place for the Jews.”  In old Greek, it means: “The usual place where the Jews assemble to receive religious teachings and to worship.” Some of these Temples were built close to a source of water, as much as for protection from any attack, not just for ablution! The Synagogue […]

El-Lahoun is the southernmost pyramid structure in Egypt. Its builders reduced the amount of work necessary to build it by ingeniously using an already existing 12-meter high limestone hill as its foundation and core. The pyramid core is composed of cross walls of limestone over rock and the bricks are joined together with small amounts of mortar […]

The Pyramid of Djedefre at Abu Rawash belonged to Pharaoh Djedefre who reigned during the fourth dynasty following King Khufu. King Djedefre reigned for about eight years in total. His pyramid is in a very ruined condition today. The pyramid itself has a massive 49m channel cut into the bedrock to a 20 meter deep […]

The Pyramid of Hawara was made for Amenemhet III of the 12th Dynasty in ancient Egypt and is located about 9 kilometers east of the oasis of Faiyoum. Amenemhet III  was  the sixth Pharaoh of the 12th dynasty of the Old Kingdom and reigned around 1850 B.C.   The Pyramid of Hawara was built out of brick […]

The Pyramid Of Amenmehat I ‎   This pyramid is built by Amenmehat I ‎ who changed the governing system of Egypt to be more centralized, and switched the capital of Egypt from Thebes where his ancestors had ruled in ‎the South. Instead, he established a new capital city situated somewhere in the north to be midway between Upper […]

There are a total of 14 pyramids located in Abusir belonging to ancient Egypt’s fourth dynasty. Abusir is located at 2.5 kilometers north of Sakkara and about 12 km south of the pyramids of Giza.     The most important pyramids at Abusir are of those of Sahure, Niuserre and Neferirkare.  

 A historical background The Museum Of Egyptian Antiquities is considered to be one of the oldest, most famous, and largest museums in the world.  The Egyptian Museum has a long history that dates back to the year 1825 when Mohamed Ali Pasha, the ruler of Egypt at the time, issued a decree to establish a museum for […]