Cairo
Travel Guide to Cairo
The Travel Guide to Cairo highlights
the most important places to visit in this area of Egypt and its
significance to the history of Egypt together with Ancient Egyptian
facts and information about Cairo. Cairo is the capital of Egypt with a
population in excess of 16 million people. Although Cairo is synonymous
with Egypt, and despite its close proximity with the Great Pyramids of
Giza and the Sphinx, its history does not date back to the Pharaohs of
Ancient Egypt. Cairo contains some historic Islamic mosques and examples
of Roman and medieval architecture.
Places to Visit and
tour in Cairo
The most famous places to visit in,
and near, Cairo are as follows:
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Cairo - The Egyptian Museum
containing the greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities including the
treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun -
The Babylon Fort and the
Coptic Museum, the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George and the Hanging
Church -
The Citadel - a great castle
built by Saladin -
Ibn Tulun which is a
beautiful mosque -
Visit nearby Giza and
marvel at the ancient Pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx - For more
information click the following link to Giza -
Visit nearby Saqqara and the
famous Step Pyramid - For more information click the following
link to Saqqara
Cairo - The Babylon
Fort
The earliest known settlement in
Cairo was at the Babylon Fort built by the Persians in the 6th century
BC. The first records of the city date back to the Roman conquest of
Egypt. In 31 BC the Roman Emperor Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra
in the sea Battle of Actium and in 30 BC Egypt became a province of the
Roman Empire which stretched from 30BC to 641 AD. A Roman fort was
built on the site of the Babylon fort.
The Egyptian Museum
at Cairo
Visit the Egyptian Museum containing
the greatest collection of Egyptian antiquities including the treasures
from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Location of Cairo
Our Egypt travel guide
differentiates between the sites of Upper and Lower Egypt. Ancient Egypt
originally consisted of two parts which were called Upper and Lower
Egypt. Cairo is located in
Lower Egypt.
Upper Egypt was the valley area in the South and Lower Egypt was
the delta area in the North. Upper and Lower Egypt each had their own
governments and rulers. These two parts Egypt were eventually united in
3118BC. Plan your Tour of Egypt around the most important and ancient sites of Lower Egypt, including Cairo, using our travel guide.
Cairo
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