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Other Ancient Egypt sites prevailed in fact throughout Egypt. In fact, Egypt has so many temples, tombs and museums which signify about ancient Egypt. There are also other sites of ancient Egypt in Alexandria, Aswan, Asyut, Beni Suef and Cairo. Moreover, they are also in Dakhla Oasis, El-Minya, Fayoum Oasis, Hurghada, Luxor and Sohag. In Alexandria, you can visit the Pompey’s Pillar and the Roman Amphitheater in Kom El-Dikka. In fact the Roman Amphitheater was a slum until 1959. And then, a team of Poles excavated the site in search of the tomb of Alexander the Great. Other Ancient Egypt also include The Villa of Birds which houses stunning mosaics of birds.
In fact, the Other Ancient Egypt sites also include Aswan Nilometer. It was a structure for measuring the Nile River’s clarity and water level. In fact, it was during the annual flood season. The other ancient Egypt also include the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan. It is a great disappointment for Ancient Egyptian stonemasons but an awe-inspiring site for tourists,. In fact, it is the heaviest monolith found in Egypt. In Asyut, Hatnub quarries situated in the hills of the Eastern desert. Moreover, they are around 65 km from El-Minya. Other Ancient Egypt sites also include Meir. In fact, it lies at the edge of the cultivation, about 50 km north-west of Asyut. In Beni Suef, close to the entrance to Fayoum, Ehnasya El-Medina is the modern village.
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Mazura (Kom el-Ahmar) is about half an hour’s drive to the south of Dishasha. In fact, it is somewhere between the towns of Biba and el-Fashn in the Governorate of Beni Suef. In Cairo, the Great Sphinx is the greatest mystery of Ancient Egyptian mysteries. It is is also the largest monolithic statue and the oldest known monumental sculpture in the world. A few kilometers east of Balat lies Qila Al-Dabba, Balat’s ancient necropolis. Today, Qila Al-Dabba consists of the ruins of 5 mastabas. In fact, they are structures that look like pyramid bases. At least, three of them serve as the eternal resting place of 3 governors. They in fact ruled over the oasis during the 6th dynasty. One of the mastabas recently restored and it is now open to the public.
In fact, the mastabas consist of underground burial chambers. Moreover, they also topped by rooms at ground level in which visitors used to offer presents to the deceased. Other Ancient Egypt also include Akhetaten in El-Minya. It was the capital city of the Dynasty XVIII king. In fact, Akhenaten, called by some “the heretic king”. Near modern el-Ashmunein, was a town known as Khmunw in Pharaonic times, Deir El-Barsha. It named after the modern village nearby. Moreover, it is a necropolis and quarry site on the east bank of the Nile. The modern village of El-Bahnasa located in the governorate of El-Minya. In fact, it is the location for the destroyed site of the capital of the 19th Upper Egyptian Nome. El-Siririya located in fact on the east bank of the Nile.
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Moreover, it situated to the north of el-Minya. In fact, it is a vast area of ancient limestone quarries. A rock shrine known as Speos Artemidos (Istabl Antar) situated on the south side of an isolated valley. In fact, it is about 3km east of Beni Hassan. There are ruins of a Roman town near the modern village of Sheikh Ibada (Sheikh Abada). They are on the east bank of the Nile about 10 km north-east of Mallawi. Tihna El-Gebel is a little-visited site on the east bank of the Nile. In fact, it is to the north of El-Minya. Near the modern village of Tuna El-Gebel, on the edge of the Western Desert, there is a large site. It functioned as the necropolis for the ancient town of Khnum or Hermopolis. In Fayoum Oasis , there is a site which called Biahmu.
It is about seven kilometers north of the present city of Fayoum city. In Fayoum you may also visit Dimai. Around 8 km south of Qasr El Sagha, is the site of the Greco-Roman town of Soknopaiou Nesos. Fayoum has a great number of Water Wheels, perhaps as many as 200. Fayoum also has the site of Kom Ushim (Karanis). In fact, it is best known as ancient “Karanis’, the largest of the Greco-Roman town sites in the Fayoum. The 13-meters high red-granite obelisk which cut by Senusret I of 12th dynasty. It is another site located in Fayoum city. Umm El Baragat (Tebtunis) (other spellings include Borigat, Burigat, Briegat) is the name for the modern village. In fact, it is close to the ancient town site of Tebtunis, situated at the southern edge of the Fayoum.
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The single porphyry quarry provided the whole Roman Empire with the basic material. In fact, it was to build imperial monuments and architectural features. They are in fact such as the Hagia Sophia, the Great Palace of Constantinople and columns in Rome. The revetment of the Pantheon in Greece is actually located in Egypt. Moreover, it is 65 kilometers distance north of the current city of Hurghada. Furthermore, it is in a mountain which known today as Gebel Abu Dukhan. On your way to visit the West Bank of Luxor, there are two gigantic statues. In fact, they known as the Colossi of Memnon.
These two gigantic figures of Amenhotep III originally situated in front of his Mortuary temple. In fact, they destroyed for unknown reasons. Each colossus is about 21 meters tall and represents King Amenhotep III seated on his throne. The ancient town of Ipu situated at Akmim, on the east bank of the Nile opposite the town of Sohag. Umm El-Qa’ab which was the necropolis of the Early Dynastic kings at Abydos in Egypt, is a site of ancient Egypt, located in Sohag too.
