One of the most interesting things about Egypt is how many good museums and monuments, like the Mummification Museum, are devoted to the country’s long history. Because of this, they deserve the business of tens of thousands of tourists and locals every month The Mummification Museum is an interesting and unusual place to visit near the beautiful Nile River, in the city of
Today I’m going to tell you about the Nubia Museum, which is in Nubia and is one of the most important museums in the country. The artifacts on display at the Nubian Museum in Aswan tell the story of the area’s history over the last thousand years. The museum gives a complete overview of the civilization that grew up around the First Waterfall on the Nile.
Edfu Temple was dedicated to the falcon god Horus [Read more about the Eye of Horus], is second only to the Temple of Karnak in terms of importance and preservation in Egypt. There are 137 meters in length, 79 meters in width, and 36 meters in height. This pylon is a symbol of how temples are usually built.
St. Simeon’s Monastery may be on Elephantine Island in the Nile. It is named after the patron saint of the city of Aswan. The fact that archeologists haven’t paid much attention to the ruins of the monastery is a big reason why it’s not on most Egypt tours. If you want to go see it, you can find it here. In the last few years, though, they have become more popular on their own as tourist
The Seti Temple in Abydos was built by Seti I and his son Ramses II (480 kilometres or 300 miles south of Cairo). During the 19th dynasty, from about 1290 to 1279 BCE, Seti was in charge of Egypt. Seti went back to work on the hypostyle hall at Karnak. He also opened mines and fixed temples that had been damaged Ramses II was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. He
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