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Al Wasitah Destination Guide

Delve into Al Wasitah in Egypt

Al Wasitah in the region of Al Fayyūm with its 37,453 residents is a city in Egypt - some 50 mi or ( 81 km ) South of Cairo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Al Wasitah

Current time in Al Wasitah is now 07:14 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your travel modalities, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Tyre, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Zawiyat Umm Husayn. While being here, make sure to check out Tyre . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Al Wasitah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

El rio Nilo - The Nile river

4:56 min by iñaki Cárcamo
Views: 21593 Rating: 4.73

Imágenes del rio Nilo. Egipto. ..

Journey up the Nile River in Egypt

2:43 min by mycompasstv
Views: 4985 Rating: 5.00

An amazing photo journey up the Nile River. The places we visit are: Cairo, Giza, the Pyramids, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Lake Nasser, Hapshepsut Temple, Aswan, Kom Ombo Abu Simbel and more. photos ..


Egypte vakantie travel nijlcruise vakantiefilm vakantietravel egypt.mov

7:15 min by vakantietravel
Views: 2278 Rating: 3.67

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 ..

Maestro Les DeShane,Playing Mizriam,At The Pyramids

1:42 min by themaestrolesdeshane
Views: 1708 Rating: 5.00

The Maestro Les DeShane at the pyramids jammin his song Mizriam. ..


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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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 29.39 31.16 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptian pyramids, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former world's tallest buildings, Populated places in Egypt

Atfih

Atfih is a city in Middle Egypt. It was part of the now defunct Helwan Governorate from April 2008 to April 2011, after which it was reincorporated into the Cairo Governorate. As of 2001, it has a population of 106,300 inhabitants.

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Located at 29.42 31.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Ancient cities, Populated places established in the 4th millennium BC, Populated places in Cairo Governorate

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 12 km away
Tags: Ancient Egyptian palettes, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Predynastic Egypt

Tarkhan (Egypt)

Tarkhan is the modern name for an Ancient Egyptian cemetery, located about 50 km south of Cairo on the West bank of the Nile. The cemetery was excavated in two seasons by Flinders Petrie. Tombs of almost all periods were found, but most importantly many belonging to the time of Egyptian state formation, around 3000 BC. Petrie found more than 2,000 tombs, most of them simple holes in the ground belonging to common people.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 29.50 31.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Egypt

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Al Wasitah