Due to its strategic location at the crossroads of trade routes from Europe to East Africa and Asia, Egypt became one of the most developed countries in Africa.Desert landscape with majestic pyramids, coral reefs and quiet beaches on the Red Sea each year attracts many tourists from all over the world.From ancient times the center of Arab culture: literature, theology, art, cinema and music - was Egypt.
capital - Cairo.It is located near the place where the Nile forms its delta.The city was founded in the II century BC, but its western regions were built only in the XIX and XX centuries, so there are wide streets and plenty of open space.Old Cairo is located on the east bank of the Nile and has a dense architecture.
first capital of Egypt - Memphis
City has long been the administrative and cultural center of the country.Now Memphis is under the mud, the archaeological excavations carried out so far.The place where once stood the town, called "open air museum".
modern capital of Egypt
City Cairo - the largest industrial center of the country of Egypt.The capital is rich in numerous factories food, textile and chemical industries.Here are the foundries and automotive plants.In the suburbs of Cairo are large oil refineries, which boasts of Egypt.The capital is also the country's financial center and a major transportation hub.Tourism - an important sector of the economy of the state.
Egyptian Museum
Founded in 1835, the Egyptian Museum is so large that even if the conduct of one minute about each exhibit, in its examination will take about nine months.
It contains the world's largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts.On the first floor are the exclusive exhibits from the tombs of the pharaohs of ancient and Middle Kingdoms.One of the most interesting - a collection of 1700 objects from the tomb of the young Tutankhamun.November 4, 1922 the British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the teenage Pharaoh mastabas.This finding is considered to be the greatest in history.
Tomb of St.
largest Muslim tomb in Egypt in Cairo.It is the resting place of one of the most important figures of Islam - Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i.He was born in the year 767 in the Gaza Strip, and was one of the most influential Muslim jurists and theologians.After a long journey to the Middle East, he settled in Egypt, where he established a system to describe the origin of Islamic law.Almost 500 years after his death, Sultan Saladin erected on his grave madrassas, which is then Sultan al-Malik al-Kamil turned in a majestic mausoleum.
Kahwa Cairo
Egyptians are very fond of coffee (the name comes from the Arabic "Kahwa").It is an integral part of the life of the inhabitants of Egypt.The capital is full of such cafes, which are more than 200 years, but they do not resemble, say, the same old Viennese institution.The only element that distinguishes them from market stalls, a narrow table in front of a copper on which the kettle with water and a loud radio playing.In most of these women cafes entry is prohibited.
Driver Information
very safe and friendly as a whole can be called Egypt.Its capital is the largest city in Africa and the 11th in the list of the most populated in the world.But it is interesting that on the roads of Cairo almost no rules.Drivers are not averse to ride on the counter or on the pavement, just to shorten the route.Buses rarely stop at designated stops: typically the passengers jump on the go.
