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Minshat Nasir in the region of Eastern Province is a town located in Egypt - some 64 mi or ( 104 km ) North-East of Cairo , the country's capital .

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Local time in Minshat Nasir is now 05:15 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tyre, Beirut, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jazirat Umm 'Ajram. When in this area, you might want to check out Tyre . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Minshat Nasir ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Kafr Saqr

Kafr Saqrشباب وبنات كفرصقر is one of the oldest centers and the seat of a Markaz of Sharqia Governorate of Egypt.

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Located at 30.80 31.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Populated places in Sharqia Governorate

Thmuis

Thmuis is a city of Lower Egypt, on the canal east of the Nile, between its Tanitic and Mendesian branches. In Greco-Roman Egypt, Thmuis replaced Djedet as the capital of Lower Egypt's 16th nome of Kha [ Herodotus (II, 166) ]. The two cities are only several hundred meters apart. Ptolemy also states that the city was the capital of the Mendesian nome. Thumis was an episcopal see in the Roman province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium.

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Located at 30.94 31.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Ancient cities, Former populated places in Egypt, Nile River Delta, Populated places in Egypt, Roman sites in Egypt, Titular sees in Africa

Mendes

Mendes (Μένδης), the Greek name of the Ancient Egyptian city of Djedet, also known in Ancient Egypt as Per-Banebdjedet ("The Domain of the Ram Lord of Djedet") and Anpet, is known today as Tell El-Ruba. The city is located in the eastern Nile delta and was the capital of the 16th Lower Egyptian nome of Kha, until it was replaced by Thmuis in Greco-Roman Egypt. The two cities are only several hundred meters apart.

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Located at 30.96 31.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Ancient Greek sites in Egypt, Ancient cities, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt, Nile River Delta, Populated places in Dakahlia Governorate, Roman sites in Egypt

Qantir

Qantir is a modern village in Egypt. Qantir (Khatana-Qantir) is believed to mark what was probably the ancient site of Ramesses II's great capital, Pi-Ramesse or Per-Ramesses ("House or Domain of Ramesses"). This city is situated about 9 kilometers north of Faqus in Sharqiyah province of the eastern Nile Delta, about 60 miles north-east of Cairo.

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Located at 30.80 31.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Villages in Egypt

Pi-Ramesses

Pi-Ramesses (Pi-Ramesses Aa-nakhtu, meaning "House of Ramesses, Great in Victory") was the new capital built by the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt Pharaoh Ramesses II (Ramesses the Great, reigned 1279-1213 BC) at Qantir near the old site of Avaris. The city had previously served as a summer palace under Seti I (c. 1290 BC - 1279 BC) and may have been originally founded by Ramesses I (c. 1292-1290 BC) while he served under Horemheb.

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Located at 30.80 31.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Ancient cities, Archaeological sites in Egypt, Former populated places in Egypt, Nile River Delta, Ramesses II, Torah cities