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Touring Al Barrani in Egypt

Al Barrani in the region of Al Fayyūm is a city located in Egypt - some 48 mi or ( 77 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital city .

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Time in Al Barrani is now 01:51 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beersheba, and Wana al Qiss. Being here already, consider visiting Gaza . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Al Barrani ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Egypte vakantie travel nijlcruise vakantiefilm vakantietravel egypt.mov

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www.vakantietravel.nl Vakantie in Egypte, een nijlcruise langs Luxor, Aswan en Cairo met tal van bezienswaardigheden waaronder de sphinx en pyramiden. Een vakantie naar Egypte kan zowel een stedentrip ..

The Great Sphinx, slideshow

0:42 min by rryypp2
Views: 700 Rating: 5.00

The great Spinx at Giza, slideshow. Want to see more pictures and slideshows? Visit us at www.byeprod.no ..


Mario Saveri entering in the Red Pyramid in Egypt.AVI

2:06 min by Mário Saveri
Views: 488 Rating: 0.00

Mario Saveri Entering the red Pyramid, entrando na pirâmide vermelha ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Meidum

Located about 100 km south of modern Cairo, Meidum or Maidum is the location of a large pyramid, and several large mud-brick mastabas.

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Located at 29.39 31.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptian pyramids, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former world's tallest buildings, Populated places in Egypt

Karanis

Karanis, located in modern Kom Aushim, was an agricultural town in Graeco-Roman Egypt, located in the northeast corner of the Fayum. "It was one of a number of towns established in the Arsinoite nome under Ptolemy II Philadelphus as part of a scheme to settle Greek mercenaries among the indigenous Egyptians and to exploit the potential fertile Fayum basin".

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Located at 29.52 30.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt

Hawara

Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. The first excavations at the site were made by Karl Lepsius, in 1843.

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Located at 29.27 30.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptian pyramids, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt

Fayoum Stadium

The Fayoum Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Fayoum, Egypt. It is used mostly for football and serves as the home stadium of Misr El Makasa. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people.

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Located at 29.32 30.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Football venues in Egypt, Multi-purpose stadiums in Egypt

Gerzeh culture

Gerzeh, also Girza or Jirzah, was a predynastic Egyptian cemetery located along the west bank of the Nile and today named after al-Girza, the nearby present day town in Egypt. Gerzeh is situated only several miles due east of the lake of the Al Fayyum. The Gerzean culture is a material culture identified by archaeologists. The Gerzean is the second of three phases of the Naqada Culture, and so is called Naqada II.

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Located at 29.45 31.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptian palettes, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Predynastic Egypt