Explore Al Kawm al Akhdar in Egypt
Al Kawm al Akhdar in the region of Al Jīzah is a town in Egypt - some 7 mi or ( 12 km ) South-West of Cairo , the country's capital city .
Current time in Al Kawm al Akhdar is now 09:45 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Gaza, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Beersheba, and Tanta. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Gaza . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Al Kawm al Akhdar ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Ancient Egypt travel
www.youtube.com One of the most mysterious places in ancient Egypt was the inside of a temple. Temples were the homes of the gods and goddesses and very few people were allowed to see the inside. You, ..
Cairo - Pyramids - Sphinx - HD
Filmed in 2002, during our trip to the Sinai. Watch in HD. ..
Trip to Giza: Pyramids and Sphinx
What it says on the tin. Music: Douglas Irvine - Sun Boat Drifting, followed by Thievery Corporation - Lebanese Blonde. ..
Egyptian Carpet school
Tour guides tell you "carpet schools" in Cairo are devoted to rescuing local children from poverty and degradation by teaching them the craft of weaving. The kids were around 8 to 10 years old. The ro ..
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Great Sphinx of Giza
The Great Sphinx of Giza, commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx (a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head) that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. It is the largest monolith statue in the world, standing 73.5 metres long, 19.3 metres wide, and 20.22 m high.
Located at 29.98 31.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Hall of Records
Hall of Records is a mythical library buried under the Great Sphinx of Giza, which is in the Giza pyramid complex. It is rumoured to house the knowledge of the Egyptians by papyrus scrolls and history of the lost continent of Atlantis, much as the Great Library of Alexandria housed Grecian knowledge.
Located at 29.98 31.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Sphinx
A sphinx is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and a human head. In Greek tradition, it has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer her riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. Unlike the Greek sphinx which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx).
Located at 29.98 31.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Great Pyramid of Giza
The Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now El Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact. Egyptologists believe that the pyramid was built as a tomb for fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops in Greek) over a 10 to 20-year period concluding around 2560 BCE.
Located at 29.98 31.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Khufu ship
The Khufu ship is an intact full-size vessel from Ancient Egypt that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC. The ship now is preserved in the Giza Solar boat museum. The ship was almost certainly built for Khufu (King Cheops), the second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
Located at 29.98 31.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
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