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Discover El Moneeb
The district El Moneeb of Giza in Giza Governorate is a district in Egypt a little south-west of Cairo, the country's capital city.
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When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Cairo, Banha, Shibin al Kawm, Zagazig and Al Fayyum. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 75 °F
Morning Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
Evening Temperature | 24°C / 76 °F |
Night Temperature | 18°C / 65 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 29% |
Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 5% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Monday, 18th of November 2024
21°C (71 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
22°C (71 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
22°C (72 °F)
19°C (67 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Kempinski Nile Hotel Garden City
Holiday Inn CAIRO MAADI
Safir Cairo
Four Seasons First Residence
Pyramisa Cairo Suites Hotel
Grand Nile Tower
Sofitel Cairo Nile El Gezirah
Novotel Cairo El Borg
Barceló Cairo Pyramids
MAADI HOTEL
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Jufu Keops Pyramids of Giza Egypt Piramides de Giza Egipto Jufu Keops
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Buses in Egypt. Street in Giza.
Ulica w egipskiej Gizie, po której przejeżdża wiele autobusów. 6.VIII.2008.
Truck on far left lane @ Ring Road, Giza, El-Moneeb
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Driving without license plates @ Ring Road, Giza, El-Moneeb
Ticket Number: EG02-150121-C0001-00096 The ticket was recorded due to: Driving without license plates Traffic violation recorded on 21 January 2015 11:17 AM The violation was recorded at...
On location of City of the Dead - the Great Pyramid
Author T.L. Higley narrates a tour of the Giza Plateau and the Great Pyramid, the setting of her recent book, City of the Dead.
Collis Trip to Egypt taking the Sleeper Train to Aswan after 2 Day Tours in Cairo
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Giza
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Cairo Geniza
The Cairo Geniza is a collection of some 300,000 Jewish manuscript fragments that were found in the geniza or storeroom of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat or Old Cairo, Egypt. Some additional fragments were found in the Basatin cemetery east of Old Cairo, and the collection includes a number of old documents bought in Cairo in the later 19th century. It is now dispersed among a number of libraries, including the libraries of Cambridge University and the University of Manchester.
Cairo University
Cairo University is a public university in Giza, Egypt. The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought. Several constituent colleges preceded the establishment of the university including the College of Engineering (كلية الهندسة) in 1816, which was shut down by the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, Sa'id Pasha, in 1854.
Fustat
Fustat, was the first capital of Egypt under muslim rule. It was built by the Muslim general 'Amr ibn al-'As immediately after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in AD 641, and featured the Mosque of Amr, the first mosque built in Egypt and in all of Africa. The city reached its peak in the 12th century, with a population of approximately 200,000.
Battle of al-Babein
The Battle of al-Babein took place on March 18, 1167, between Amalric I of Jerusalem and a Zengid army under Shirkuh for control of Egypt. Saladin served as Shirkuh’s highest-ranking officer in the battle. The battle was a tactical draw between the Zengid forces and King Amalric's invasion army.
Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt
The Supreme Constitutional Court (or SCC) is an independent judiciary body in the Arab Republic of Egypt, with its new seat in the Cairo suburb of Maadi. The Court is the highest judicial power in Egypt and it alone undertakes the judicial control in respect of the constitutionality of the laws and regulations and shall undertake the interpretation of the legislative texts in the manner prescribed by law.
Manial Palace and Museum
The Manial Palace and Museum, (Arabic; met-haf al-Manial), is a former Ottoman Egyptian dynasty era palace and grounds on Rhoda Island in the Nile, located in the Sharia al-Saray area in the El-Manial district of southern Cairo, Egypt. The palace and estate has been preserved as an Antiquities Council directed historic house museum and estate, reflecting the settings and lifestyle of the late 19th and early 20th century Egyptian royal prince and heir apparent.
Rhoda Island
Rhoda Island or Rawdah Island,, is an island located on the Nile in central Cairo. The El-Manial District, and the Al-Manyal Palace Museum and gardens, are located on the island. It is west of historic Old Cairo, across a small branch of the Nile. The island has one of the oldest Islamic buildings in Egypt, the Nilometer on its southern tip.
Old Cairo
Old Cairo is a part of Cairo, Egypt, that contains the remnants of those cities which were capitals before Cairo, such as Fustat, as well as some other elements from the city's varied history. For example, it encompasses Coptic Cairo and its many old churches and ruins of Roman fortifications. Modern tourists visit locations such as the Coptic Museum, the Babylon Fortress, the Hanging Church and other Coptic churches, the Ben Ezra Synagogue and the Mosque of 'Amr ibn al-'As.
Ben Ezra Synagogue
The Ben Ezra Synagogue, sometimes referred to as the El-Geniza Synagogue or the Synagogue of the Palestinians, is situated in Old Cairo, Egypt. According to local tradition, it is located on the site where baby Moses was found. The land for the synagogue was purchased in 882 CE for 20,000 dinars by Abraham ibn Ezra of Jerusalem. This was the synagogue whose geniza or store room was found in the 19th century to contain a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts.
Giza Zoo
The Giza Zoo is a zoological garden in Giza, Egypt. It is one of the few green areas in the city, and includes Giza's largest park. The zoo covers about 80 acres, and is home to many endangered species, as well as a selection of endemic fauna. Rare species have been successfully bred in the zoo - including the first Californian sea lion to be born in the Middle East in 2002.
Coptic Museum
The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Egyptian Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika Pasha in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. The museum traces the history of Christianity in Egypt from its beginnings to the present day. It was erected on 8,000 square meters offered by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria under the guardianship of Pope Cyril V.
Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
says 'Allahu Akbar'. ]] The Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, also called the Mosque of Amr, was originally built in 642 AD, as the center of the newly-founded capital of Egypt, Fustat. The original structure was the first mosque ever built in Egypt, and by extension, the first mosque on the continent of Africa. The location for the mosque was the site of the tent of the commander of the conquering army, general Amr ibn al-As.
The Hanging Church
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church also known as the Hanging Church (El Muallaqa) is one of the oldest churches in Egypt and the history of a church on this site dates to the 3rd century AD. The Hanging (The Suspended) Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo; its nave is suspended over a passage. The church is approached by 29 steps; early travelers to Cairo dubbed it "the Staircase Church.
Babylon Fortress
Babylon Fortress was an ancient fortress city or castle in the Delta of Egypt, located at Babylon in the area today known as Coptic Cairo. It was situated in the Heliopolite Nome, upon the right (eastern) bank of the Nile, at latitude 30°N, near the commencement of the Pharaonic Canal (also called Ptolemy's Canal and Trajan's Canal), from the Nile to the Red Sea.
Coptic Cairo
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. It is believed that the Holy Family visited this area and stayed at the site of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga).
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga)
Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, also known as Abu Serga, in Coptic Cairo is one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt, dating back to the 4th century.
Orman Garden
The Orman Garden is one of the most famous Botanical gardens in Egypt. It is located at Giza, in Cairo. It dates back to 1875 and the reign of Khedive Isma'il Pasha who established the garden on a larger site than it presently occupies as part of the Palace of the Khedive. It became a public botanical garden in 1910/1917 and put under the Ministry of Agriculture management. The garden covers about 28 acres.
Ahmed Shawki Museum
Ahmed Shawki Museum is named after and dedicated to the poet and dramatist Ahmed Shawki (1869–1932).
Egyptian Geological Museum
The Egyptian Geological Museum is a museum in Cairo, Egypt. The museum was established in 1904 as part of the Egyptian Geological Survey, which had been started in 1896 under the direction of the Khedive Ismail. The museum was the first of its kind in the Middle East and the African continent.
Umm Kulthum Museum
Template:April 2008ifsubst Umm Kulthum Museum متحف أم كلثوم {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=Umm Kulthum4. jpg|size=|sizedefault=250px|alt=}} Umm KulthumEstablished 1998Location Old Cairo, Cairo 22x20pxType Specialized museumCurator Dr. Nahla MatarWebsite {{#invoke:URL|url|1=http://www. umkalthoum. gov. eg|2=Official website}} Om Kalthoum Museum is a biographical museum in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt.
Taha Hussein Museum
Taha Hussein Museum is a historic house museum and biographical museum in Cairo, Egypt. It is about the life, teaching, and residence of Taha Hussein (November 14, 1889—October 28, 1973) (nicknamed "Dean of Arabic Literature"). He was one of the most influential 20th century Egyptian writers and intellectuals, and a figurehead for the Al-Nahda—Arab Renaissance and the modernist movement in the Arab World.
Saint Barbara Church in Coptic Cairo
The Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Barbara (or Sitt Barbara) is one of the many famous Coptic Orthodox parishes that can be found in the district of Coptic Cairo. The building is located on the eastern part of the Babylon Fortress and is one of the oldest buildings in Cairo, dating back to the 5th or 6th century AD. However, like many other buildings of Coptic architecture, it was rebuilt several times, most notably by the end of the 11th Century.
Church of St. George (Cairo)
The Church of St. George is a Greek Orthodox church in Coptic Cairo. The church dates back to the 10th century (or earlier). The current structure was rebuilt following a 1904 fire.
Darb 1718
Darb 1718 is an Egyptian contemporary art and culture center located in the Fustat area of Old Cairo. As a registered non-profit, charity organization Darb 1718 seeks to encourage experimentation by supporting new works by emerging artists with particular attention to artistic merit, diversity of media and aesthetic traditions, along with originality of cultural influences. It thereby acts as “a trampoline to advance the burgeoning contemporary art movement in Egypt.