Muḩāfaz̧at al Qāhirah (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Giza (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Giza (Arabic, الجيزة, transliterated al-ǧīzah; pronounced in the Egyptian Arabic dialect of Cairo eg-Gīza; also sometimes rendered in English as Gizeh, Ghizeh, or Geezeh) is a town in Egypt on the west bank of the Nile river, some 20 km southwest of central Cairo and now part of the greater Cairo metropolis. It is the capital of the Al Jizah Governorate, and is located in the northeast of this governorate, near its border.

Cairo (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

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Oxyrhynchus (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Oxyrhynchus (Greek: Οξύρυγχος; "sharp-nosed"; ancient Egyptian Per-Medjed; modern Egyptian Arabic el-Bahnasa) is an archaeological site in Egypt, considered one of the most important ever discovered. For the past century, the area around Oxyrhynchus has been continually excavated, yielding an enormous collection of papyrus texts dating from the time of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods of Egyptian history.

Heliopolis (ancient) (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Heliopolis (Greek: or ), coordinates , was one of the most ancient cities of Egypt, and capital of the 13th Lower Egyptian nome. Confusingly, its name also refers (in European languages) to an unrelated modern suburb of Cairo, properly known as مصر الجديدة, Miṣr al-ǧidīdah (literally "New Egypt"). The ancient city stood five miles east of the Nile north of the apex of the Delta at عين شمس ˁAyn Šams near the Cairene suburb of al-Maṭariyyah; the modern city of Heliopolis is some distance away. In ancient times it was the principal seat of sun-worship, thus its name, which means town of the sun in Greek.

El-Lahun (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Located in the Faiyum, Kahun (Arabic: كاهون) is the workers village of the pyramid of Senusret II. It is located in the modern village of el-Lahun (Arabic: لاهون), and is often referred to by that name.

Hulwan (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Hulwan, also spelled Helwan or Hilwan is a city in Egypt on the bank of the Nile river, opposite the ruins of Memphis, with a population of about 230,000 (1989). It is a southern suburb of Cairo.

Bubastis (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Bubastis (Greek: , Herod. ii.

Tanta (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Tanta (Arabic: طنطا ) is a city of Egypt, capital of the Al Gharbiyah governorate on the Nile Delta, and at an estimated 335,000 inhabitants, considered the capital of the Delta. It is located 94 km (59 miles) north of Cairo and 130 km (81 miles) southeast of Alexandria.

Abu Rawash (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Abu Rawash (also known as Abu Roach), 8 km to the North of Giza (coordinates ), is the site of Egypt's most northerly pyramid — the mostly ruined Pyramid of Djedefre, the son and successor of Khufu. Originally it was thought that this pyramid had never been completed, but the current archaelogicical consensus is that not only was it completed, but that it was originally about the same size as the Pyramid of Menkaure – the third largest of the Giza pyramids.

Suez (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Suez (Arabic: السويس as-Suways) is a port town (population ca. 497,000) in Egypt, located on the Gulf of Suez, near the mouth of the Suez Canal.

6th October City (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

6th October City is a municipality in Egypt in Al Jizah Governorate, some 20 km southwest of downtown Cairo. The private 6th October University is located here.

Ismaïlia (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Ismaïlia (Arabic: الإسماعيلية) is the capital of the governorate of Al Isma'iliyah, and one of the newest cities in Egypt. It has a population (including surrounding rural areas) of approximately 750,000 persons.

Fostat (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt / Muḩāfaz̧at al Qāhirah)

Fostat (also spelled Fustat; ) was the first capital city of Egypt under Arab rule. It was built by Amr ibn al-As right after the Arab conquest of Egypt.

Memphis, Egypt (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Memphis, coordinates , was the ancient capital of the first nome of Lower Egypt, and of the Old Kingdom of Egypt from its foundation until around 1300 BC. Its Ancient Egyptian name was Ineb Hedj ("The White Walls").

El Alamein (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

El Alamein (or Al Alamayn) (Arabic: العلمين) is a town in northern Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea coast. It is located 106 km (66 miles) west of Alexandria and 240 km (150 miles) northwest of Cairo.

Mazghuna (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Mazghuna (also known as Al Mazghunah or Al-Muzghumah), 5 km to the south of Dahshur (coordinates ), is the site of several mudbrick pyramids dating from the 13th Dynasty. The area was explored by Ernest Mackay in 1910.

Abusir (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Abusir or Abu Sir is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality - specifically, an extensive necropolis of the Old Kingdom period, together with later additions - in the vicinity of the modern capital Cairo. The name is also that of a neighbouring village in the Nile Valley, from whence the site takes its name.

Al Fayyum (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Al Fayyum or El Faiyûm (Arabic: الفيوم ; Coptic Ph-iom or Fiûm), formerly Medinet al Fayyum (written in several different ways), is the capital of Al Fayyum Governorate, Egypt. It is located southwest of Cairo and has a population of 166,910; it occupies part of the ancient site of Crocodilopolis.

Dahshur (Africa / Northern Africa / Egypt)

Dahshur (Arabic دهشور Dahšūr [often incorrectly rendered in English as Dashur]), located in a patch of desert on the west bank of the Nile approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo (), is a royal necropolis, known chiefly for several pyramids, two of which are amongst the oldest, largest and best preserved in Egypt.

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