Showing posts with label egypt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label egypt. Show all posts

Friday, 9 December 2011

The City of Luxor

500 kilometres from Cairo and Having a area more then 400 square kilometre this city also a important places for historians of ancient age of Egypt. Luxor have also largest open-air museum. In ancient times this city was called name the city of 100 gates and the city of God. City has many ancient places.

Luxor Temple
It is a temple founded In 1400 BCE. Ant located east side of river Nile.
Karnak Temple
It is also oldest and beautiful temple surrounded by modern buildings.
Luxor museum
Located in centre of the city and inaugurated in 1976 it is full of antiquities.
Valley of kings
This valley is constructed for kings and pharaohs and for powerful kingdoms. And they are buried here.
Valley of queens
This is the place were wives of pharaohs in ancient times. This valley was built just beside the Valley of the Kings. With remarkable view of Nile river.

Ramesseum
           It is the memorial temple of the ramesseum the great.

Ancien Giza


Well Giza is third largest city of Egypt. Located near Nile and south of Cairo at the distance of 21 kilometres. This city has some jewels of ancient Egypt like great pyramids of Giza and great sphinx. In 18th century British also take part to construct the buildings and other transport resources. The zoo of this city is oldest and was the 1st in entire region. Many hospitals are serving peoples and saving them from daisies.

Great Necropolis of Giza
Great necropolis (great pyramids) are top listed in 7 wonders of the world and a charismatic master from ancient Egypt.
Great Sphinx
Another landmark from ancient Egypt is great sphinx. This statue is 74 meter long 6 meter wide and more then 20 meter high. According the ancient books and some historians this statue build by pharaoh in 2500 B.C and he was also built the 2nd pyramid of Giza.
Agouza
It is small district of Giza and located at the sure of Nile River. Basically famous for its coffee shops, shawarma food, sea foods, and Cairo jazz club is also cool place for visit and enjoy.
Imbaba
It is also a district of Giza and famous in history books as a battle ground of French (napoleon) army and local peoples in 17th century. Battle named the battle of pyramids.

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Amaizing Alexandria

Near the Mediterranean Sea having a 4.1 million population here is city of Alexandria. Founded by Alexander the great in 330 B.C. and it was capital of Egypt before Cairo and very popular because of its light house. And also a shipping hub in 19th century. Distracts are almontaza, sharak, wassat, al-amriya, agamy, al-gomrok,

Squares
Famous squares are Ahmed, saad zaghlul, tahrir square, Ahmed zewail.

Places
Famous places are montaza palace, ras al tin palace, montaza Royal Park, shallalat gardens, and Alexandria zoo

Museums
The graeco aquarium
Alexandria museum
Royal jewellery museum

 Alexandria especially famous for Bibliotheca Alexandrina which basically a library and cultural centre located near Medeteriann Sea.

History of Cairo


When this city founded in 969 A.D no knows at that time that Cairo will be oldest and popular city in the world at once time. A city of hundreds of minarets is also famous 2nd name. Today you can see   a modern city is still on foot print of 4th century civilization. The oldest thing in this oldest city is fortress of Babylon built by Romans in 4th century at the bank of Nile.  Another part of a Cairo is Coptic Cairo consist oldest Coptic Church known as the hanging church just beside the Babylon fortress. In 640 Arabs captured the Egypt and make fustat capital of there kingdom. That campaign was led by 2nd caliph of Muslims Omar ibn e khattab who ordered to his trusted military general amar bin al aas to conquer the Egypt. Later in 9th century most important military general of fatmid rule Gawhar al-siqlli grab the fustat (Egypt) from Tunisia. And after that he built near Nile river a city called al-mansurriah (or al qahira) later famous as Cairo. He also builds a mosque named al azhar mosque. And now a days this Is 3rd oldest and largest university in the world. City suffered also Black Death (plague) in 13th and 15th century and causes 200000 deaths in the city. Ottoman and mamluk also rules the city later.

Al Azhar University
It was built as a mosque in 9th century by fatmid general and now become a oldest and largest university of the world.

Cairo Opera House
Opened in 1988
 Cairo geniza
That place is also very attractive for Jewish peoples.
Tahrir Square
That is place having history of different revolutions in Egypt founded in 19th century.
 Egyptian museum
            This museum has things oldest and related to ancient Egypt
 Khan el khalili
This is ancient market place
 Old Cairo
Part of city which calls old Cairo or Coptic Cairo consist fortress and Coptic Church.
 Cairo tower
It basically TV broadcasting tower in Nile River and 187 meter high.
         Cairo has also collection of oldest and beautiful mosques reflecting the Muslim culture. Like Al Hakim   mosque, aqmar mosque, juyushi mosque, lulua mosque, imam hussain mosque, zaynab mosque, sayyeda nafeesa mosque, and Muhammad ali basha mosque.