Giza is famous for being that part of Cairo closest to the world-famous Pyramids of Giza, located at an altitude of the desert plateau directly to the west of the urban area, and located itself in the valley and centered around the Pyramids Road, connecting central Cairo with ancient wonders.
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The Pyramids of Giza, built to withstand immortality, did just that. Ancient tombs are relics from the era of the ancient kingdom in Egypt and were built about 4,500 years ago.
The Egyptian pharaohs expected to become deities in the afterlife. To prepare for the next world they set up temples of the gods and huge pyramid tombs for themselves - full of all the things each ruler would need to guide himself in the next world.
The three major pyramids of Giza are the focal point of the Giza cemetery that served the elite of the capital of the ancient kingdom in neighboring Memphis in the fifth century BC. Three pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty were buried here, Khufu, Khafra, and Menkaure, along with members of their royal families. They chose it, west of Memphis, because the west was the direction of the afterlife.
The new pyramids were impressive, but they were a boon to rob graves. The Pharaohs later preferred hidden cemeteries, such as those in the Valley of the Kings outside of Luxor. (Therefore from these hidden graves most Egyptian mummies and artifacts were recovered.) All the pyramids fell into disrepair, were repeatedly penetrated by thieves, and the stone cladding of the building was covered. Wind and rain have underestimated them. However, it is still wonderful.
The Grand Egyptian Museum maintains the confidence of Egypt and the world in a timeline of ancient Egypt's history over the past 7,000 years. Near the eternal wonders, the pyramids of Giza, the new museum is a tribute to the eternal ancient Egyptian antiquities, treasures and history hosting over 100,000 artifacts, about 3,500 of which belong to the famous King Tutankhamun.
This Museum will allow Egypt to be a huge world center full of pharaonic history and it will also be an important place to be visited by Egyptologists. The museum aims to understand the diversity of Egypt's heritage of antiquities and the arts that need to be displayed in one place in one place to preserve and preserve this huge heritage.
The chosen location for the museum is only 2 km from the legendary pyramids. The Grand Museum is located between the ancient Great Pyramids and the modern city of Cairo, at the intersection between the dry desert and fertile flood plain, and is a gateway to the past. The museum complex will be built on a plot of land with an area of about 117 acres, about 480,000 square meters.
The beautiful island of Al Rawda - south of Al Jazeera Island - is home to the Monastir Palace, which was formerly the residence of the Ottoman Pasha. Inside the gardens of the palace, directly at the southern end of the island, is the Nile Scale in Cairo, which was used to measure the deviation and flow of the Nile and predict the annual flood height. Unlike the Nile gauges that you will see in Upper Egypt (as the surviving Nile gauge on Elephantine Island in Aswan), this gauge is a much later construction, built-in 861 m.
Also in the place, there is the small Umm Kulthum Museum, which celebrates the life of the famous Egyptian singer. Umm Kulthum the beloved singer in the Arab world. Inside, the museum maintains a collection of the singer's property, including her impressive theatrical costumes, and there is an interesting black and white documentary about her life (with English subtitles).
The northern end of Al-Rawda Island contains the magnificent ornate palace. After a major restoration, which took several years, it reopened to the public. The buildings here are eccentric riots of styles that select cherry influences from both luxurious Arabic and European designs, resulting in a luxurious symphony of the highest level.
The place has an elaborate wood-beamed ceiling, a residential palace with the Rococo flowering, Ottoman-style tiles, and oil paintings. However, the throne palace, decorated with gold, is the most important thing here.
The complex was built in the early twentieth century by King Farouk's uncle. Set in lush green gardens on the island's beach.
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