Thursday, August 15, 2019

Why you should visit Egypt part 1

Egypt is one of the oldest countries in the world that's why you will find it full of various cultures and rich in history so you will find many attraction things make you want to visit it


Here i will tell you many of these attractions :

1_The first thing of course the Egyptian civilization and history so if you are a person who interests in history then Egypt definitely will be the best for you , why?

_Egypt has been under many civilizations beside the ancient Egyptian Civilization like the Greek and the Roman empire in Egypt , The Arabic & islamic civilization in Egypt , The coptic civilization and the ottoman empire in Egypt and each one of them left impact and monuments .

Firstly , The ancient Egyptian Civilization monuments in Egypt would definitely inspire anyone love the history .
     _ You maybe think that Egypt has only the three pyramids but that is wrong , Egypt has more than 120 pyramid , more than 10 ancient temple that exist till now and more than 240 ancient tombs besides more than 30 museums all over Egypt

*all the photos in this post are from the internet  *


Abu simple temple
Abu simple temple

 philae temple
 philae temple

 luxor temple
 luxor temple

karnak temple
karnak temple

 valley of the kings tomb
 valley of the kings tomb 

 valley of the kings tomb
 valley of the kings tomb 

_ The cities which have most of the ancient Egyptian monuments are Luxor , Aswan and Cairo and i recommend the Nile cruise trip among the cities to enjoy more.
Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan
Nile cruise between Luxor and Aswan


The Greek & Roman monuments : Despite of losing many of them like the submerged city "heracleion" which has much valuable monuments such as cleopatra palace , Egypt still has few survived Greek and Roman monument and most of them are located in Alexandria city (Alexandria city built by Alexander the great )
 
     _ The most important survived monuments are ; Amun temple in Siwa city which Alexander the great prayed at , catacombs tombs in Alexandria and the Roman theatre in Alexandria.

modern light house               the modern lighthouse in Alexandria(taken by bahira yassir photographer )
modern light house              the modern lighthouse in Alexandria(taken by bahira yassir photographer ) 

alexandria city
alexandria city

                                      
                                      
If you are religious whether you are muslim or christian you will find Egypt suitable for you 

_If you are christian then you know the journey of the holy family in Egypt  and you should know as well that Egypt has many Coptic monuments and the most important of them are the hanging church and St katherine monastery which has the second oldest christian library in the world .

-For the islamc monuments ,Egypt has been under many islamic periods like arab invasion , fatmid period , ottoman empire and etc.... and the most important monuments are  El mozz street(the largest islamic open museum in the world) , Mohamed ali mosque and El azhar mosque
mohamed ali mosque 
                   mohamed ali mosque(ottoman empire features)
                   mohamed ali mosque(ottoman empire features)

Mozz street
Mozz street

Mozz street
Mozz street


                                   
_Egypt has many different cities and every city has different vibe however the most cities that have history and monuments are Luxor (has 1/3 monuments of the world), Aswan , Cairo and Alexandria.

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