Wadi El- Natron

Wadi El- Natron Wadi El- Natron is located 100 km to the north west of Cairo, it is a natural depression in the western desert. Now it is consisting of salt lakes and salt flats laying in the desert. Wadi el Natorn was very important to the ancient Egyptian since it was where they extracted the Natrun salt. Indeed and become more important during the early era of Christianity in Egypt. Today it is the centre of many monasteries dating back to...

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The Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria

The Roman Amphitheatre of Alexandria in Kom El-Dekka The Roman Amphitheatre is one of the most popular monuments located in the city of Alexandria, the second most important city in Egypt, after Cairo, the capital of the country. While the amphitheatres were quite spread during the reign of the Romans in different countries like Greece, Italy, and Turkey over a large empire with many examples of these structures still present in many regions...

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The Library of Alexandria

Alexandria and its ancient library: The city of Alexandria was established as the capital of Egypt in 332 BC and this ancient city remained as the capital of Egypt for around one thousand years until the Muslims opened Egypt and changed the capital to the Fustat, the first Islamic capital in Egypt. The library of Alexandria had many names because of its greatness and the number and variety of books it contained. It was named "the royal...

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The National Museum of Alexandria

The National Museum of Alexandria The museum is located in the Horeya Street and. The building of the museum was the residence of a former wood trading business man, Asa'ad Basily, who constructed his villa which was built over an area of 3480 meters in the Italian style. The palace was a popular gathering place for many of the high level people in the 30s and 40s of the last century. Basily lived in this house until 1953 and then he sold it...

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The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa

The Catacombs of Kom El Shoqafa An over wiew of the Catacombs Situated just to the west of Pompy's Pillar, the Catacombs of Kom El Shuqafa is the largest and most important burial site dating back to the Greco Roman period in Egypt. Kom El Shoqafa, meaning the hill of treasures in the Arabic language, was unearthed by coincidence in the beginning of the 20th century. Being the most important Greco Roman necropolis in Egypt, the Catacombs...

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Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone The city of Rosetta (Rashid) is situated on the western bank of the branch of the Nile called "Rashid", and is located 65km northeast of Alexandria. It is thought that a Temple for Amon was built during the New Kingdom Period. In the Greco-Roman Period the city was called Balbotine and the Nile branch then was known as "the Balbotine Branch" In the Islamic period, Rosetta was still known by this name, but it was less important...

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Pompey's Pillar

The Memorial of Diocletian (Pompey's Pillar) The so-called "Pompey Pillar" is the biggest memorial column in Egypt. It is a huge column of red granite, its total height is about 28 m with a diameter at the base of 2.7 m, and towards the capital at the top it tapers to 2.3 m. On the upper part at the western side is an inscription in Greek, which reads: "To the most just Emperor, tutelary of Alexandria Diocletian, the invincible, Postumus, the...

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The Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria

The Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria The Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds, not only in Egypt, but also along the Mediterranean Sea coast. It formulated an important part of the fortification system of Alexandria in the 15th century A.D. Qaitbay Citadel The Citadel is situated at the entrance of the eastern harbour on the eastern point of the Pharos Island. It was erected on the exact...

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The Montaza Gardens and Palaces

The Montaza Gardens and Palaces The Montaza Complex is located at the Eastern edge of the city of Alexandria on the north coast of Egypt. The complex, which size ranges around 360 acre, overseas a gulf that was called Al Montaza Gulf. The complex contains five beaches for swimming: Aida, Cleopatra, Vanessa, Semiramis, and the private beach of Helnan Palestine Hotel. All sorts of sea activity can be done in Montaza. One can ride a sea boat and...

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