Friday, November 27, 2009

Cairo

Cairo ,our great capital,has a population of 18 million person, it is the largest
city in Africaand one of the ten largest capitals in the world.The history of Cairo
dates back to very remote time. And in Cairo we will find a lot of marvellous
monuments which dates back todifferent eras in the Egyptian history faronic,greek ,roman, coptic and Islamic.
Cairo by night
The Egyptian museum
The Egyptian museum comprises more than 160,000 marvellous pieces
of the ancient Egyptian art
The Egyptian museum
The two gardians who were garding the tomb of King Tut
The Golden mask of king Tut,It's weight is 11 Kg of pure GoldThe golden coffin of king Tut,110 kg of pure gold
The most ancient well preseved wooden statue in Egypt,about 2475 B.C
The statue of king Kha-ef-ra, it is a master piece
in the history of the human art, it's sculptured from the
hardest stone on the earth,diorite

Prince RA-HOTEP & his wife NOFRET, 2620B.C.
one of the master pieces in the Egyptian museum

Khan El-Khalili
The biggest bazzar in Egypt it dates back to the medivial times

Old Cairo
It is an ancient district which comprises marvellous monouments
which dates back to the Roman and christian
The baptism of a coptic baby
The church of Saints Sergius & Bachus
it is the oldest church in Cairo, having built over
a traditional site blessed by the holy family
The lanes of old Cairo (Coptic Cairo )
The synagogue of Ben Ezra
the oldest Judaic temple in Egypt
The hanging church
it is one of the oldest churchs
in Egypt 3rd century A.D. ,unique in it's design .
The Hanging church

Islamic Cairo
The most huggest marvellous mosques and houses are found in Islamic
cairo district
Gayer Anderson museum
It is a house dates back to the 18th
century A.D. of a Createan Woman,the house was restored
by Major Gayer Anderson who lived in it and converted it into a small museum
The Citadel
Inside the Citadel of sultan Salah El Din, 1179 A.D
The alabaster mosque of Mohamed Ali
Mohamed Ali the founder of modern Egypt, 1805 A.D.
Gate of Zuala
The Gate of Zuela ,one of the 8 gates of Egypt during the medivial era1087 A.D.
Tulun Mosque
The minaret of Ahmed Ibn Tulun mosque, 876 A.D
Sultan Hassan school
Sultan Hassan school, the pyramid of Islamic Egypt,
It is a master piece of the Islamic art . Obama and Hilary visiting Sultan Hassan school
The main Iwan of sulatan Hassan school,
it's the biggestIwan in the world The view of the sultan Hassan and Rifai mosque from the Citadel

Giza

Giza plateau, have one of the great seven wonders of the ancient world,the great pyramid of king Khufu. Also we will find the the elegant pyramids of his sons king Khafra &king Menkaura, the mighty Sphinx and the marvellous Solar boat of king Khufu The three great pramids
the sound and light show in Giza
one of the local guards of the great pyramid
The solar boat of king Khufu,the oldest and the biggest
well preserved boat in the human history , 2700 B.C. , 43.40 long
.
President Obama visiting the pyramid area The mighty Sphinx

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Sakkara

Sakkara was the necropolis of the great metropolis Memphis , we will see there the first trial of building a piramid in the Egyptian history,the step pyramid of king Zoser.
Also we will see marvellous tombs of the nobel men of the old kingdom. The step pyramid of king Zoser,the first trial to build a pyramid
in Egypt 2800 B.C
The descending passage of the pramid of king Titi 2345-2181 B.C
The southern tomb of King Zoser The burial chamber of king Titi
The sacrificial Chamber in the tomb of Mereruka 2345-2181 B.C
The great enclosure wall of the step pyramid complex The Ka (spirit ) statue of Mereruka