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Al Ghaffariyah Destination Guide

Delve into Al Ghaffariyah in Egypt

Al Ghaffariyah in the region of Eastern Province is a city in Egypt - some 23 mi or ( 37 km ) North-East of Cairo , the country's capital .

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Current time in Al Ghaffariyah is now 03:40 AM (Sunday) . 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, Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa, and Shibin al Qanatir. 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 Ghaffariyah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Albert Einstein, Egyptian Mysteries, and Relativity E=mc²

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www.lulu.com "The Science of Sciences": Around 5000 years ago in Ancient Egypt, the cosmology and theology in a city called Heliopolis or Annu stated that: In the beginning there was only the "dark wa ..

Russian disco in egypt

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Abdel-Halim Mahmoud Mausoleum

1:21 min by Hussein Abdel-Halim
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Mausoleum of Sheikh Abdel-Halim Mahmoud, Al-Salam Village, Bilbeis, Sharqeya, Egypt. 8 December 2008. ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Anshas

Anshas is a city East of Cairo located in the Sharkiya Governorate in the Nile Delta of Egypt. It holds the first experimental nuclear reactor to be operated in Egypt, the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority Experimental Farm, unauthorized IAEA. The City also holds the First Arab League Summit in 1949, which declared the creation of the League.

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Located at 30.38 31.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Arab League, Populated places in Egypt

Leontopolis (Heliopolis)

Leontopolis is the Greek name for the modern area of Tell el Yehudiye or Tell el-Yahudiya. It was an ancient city of Egypt in the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. The site includes some earthwork enclosures of the late Middle Kingdom or Second Intermediate Period, containing a temple and palace of Ramesses II. There are also cemeteries from the Middle Kingdom and later.

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Located at 30.29 31.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt

Shibin el-Qanater

Shibin el-Qanater is a region (markaz) in Egypt. It comprises 36 villages. Situated in the center of Qalyubia Governorate, its population was 423,783 at the 2006 Census.

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Located at 30.31 31.32 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Populated places in Qalyubia Governorate

Abu Zaabal

Abu Za`bal is a settlement in Egypt. The first Egyptian medical school was founded there, in 1827.

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Located at 30.24 31.41 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Arab–Israeli conflict, Populated places in Egypt

Bilbeis

Bilbeis is an ancient fortress city on the eastern edge of the southern Nile delta in Egypt. The city played a role in the machinations for control of the Fatimid vizierate: first in 1164, when Shirkuh was besieged in the city by the combined forces of Shiwar and Amalric I of Jerusalem for three months; then again in 1168 when the city was assaulted again by Amalric's army, who took the city after three days on November 4 and indiscriminately killed the inhabitants.

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Located at 30.42 31.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Nile River Delta, Populated places in Sharqia Governorate