Egyptian Museum and Old Cairo tour
In
old Cairo day trip, there are many archaeological sites such as the Hanging Church, one
of the oldest churches in Egypt. It is built in a suspension, not on columns or
concrete. There's also and the mosque of Amr Ibn al-Aas, the oldest mosque in
Africa.
Our Connect travels tour escort will pick up you from your Cairo hotel by A/C car to start your full Cairo day trip . you will start your day trip by visiting Egyptian Museum of Antiquities that is located at Tahriri
square.
The first thing that
will appeal to you is the superb design of the building. The Museum was
established at 1902 and contains the most precious pieces of antiques that
describes the Egyptian civilization in its various and glorious periods.
The Museum contains many
groups, the 1st group is Prehistory: This group includes various types of
pottery, toiletries, fishing tools and daily necessities that are the product
of the Egyptian before the knowledge of writing, which settled in many places
in Egypt in the north, center and south.
The second group
represents the age of foundation: It includes the effects of the first and
second families, such as the statue of Kha'a Sakhmi and many pots and
implements.
The third group is The
ancient era of the state includes a collection of artifacts including the
statues of Zoser, Khafra, Munkawra, Shaykh al-Balad, the dwarf Sunb, Beye the 1st and
his son Merry, and many coffins, statues, wall paintings, and the collection of
Queen Hattab Haras.
The Middle Kingdom Age:
This collection includes many artifacts, most notably the statue of King
Muntuhab II and a collection of statues of some of the kings of the family 12
such as Senusert I and Amenemhat III and others, and many other statues and
coffins and ornaments, and tools of daily life, and some of the Fayoum
pyramids.
The Next stop on our tour , you will visit Salah Al-Din Citadel, which is one of the most
luxurious military strongholds built in the Middle Ages. Its location is
strategic. This site provides defensive importance because it controls the
cities of Cairo and Al-Fustat. It also constitutes a high natural barrier
between the two cities. The castle and the city are in a state of siege as they
will become the last bastion of the sit-in if the city falls into enemy hands.
We
can't miss visiting the Alabaster mosque of Mohammed Ali, it is one of the
famous archaeological mosques in Cairo. It was built by Muhammad Ali Pasha
between 1830 and 1848 in the Ottoman style, similar to the Mosque of Sultan
Ahmed in Istanbul.
"It
is sometimes referred to as Alabastar for the frequent use of this type of
marble in the cladding of its walls. The successors of Mohammed Ali Pasha in
the mosque completed the building and added some minor additions to it. They
also made it the venue for celebrating the annual religious events.
They were
Abbas Helmy Pasha I, Mohamed Said Pasha, Ismail Pasha and Tawfiq Pasha.
However, the largest restoration was during the reign of Fuad I, who ordered
the restoration of the mosque to its old splendor after the walls hit cracks
due to engineering defect, and his son Farouk I,
after him also took care of
the mosque and opened it to the prayer again after the completion of the
restoration."
Then we will head to visit The Hanging Church which is located in
the ancient Egyptian district of Cairo Governorate. It is one of the most
important Coptic monuments in Egypt.
It is an important
Coptic tourist destination for visitors from everywhere. It is also one of the
most beautiful churches in the Middle East. Located south of the Coptic
Museum in Cairo, and includes at its entrance 13 amazing pillars, representing
Christ and the twelve apostles. The church took its name
because it was built on two towers of the ancient Roman fort known as the
"fortress of Babylon"