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Rock Tours organizes tours in Cairo with a guide for 1 -, 2
- or 3 days, and also arranges the trip to Cairo by plane or
train. For overnight stays in Cairo accommodation is also
arranged at a 3-star hotel.
Plan your own program depending on how many days you have available.
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Det egyptiske museum which is situated in central
Cairo, contains more than a hundred thousand objects from
prehistoric time and onwards. Among the most well-known
treasures are the unique funeral reliquaries from the tomb
of Tut Ankh Amon, the golden mask and the mummy casket.
The museum also has a special section with mummies.
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On the Giza plateau are the
3 great pyramids, Cheops,
Chefren and Mykerinos, the symbol of ancient Egypt. A museum
exhibits The Cedar Boat. It was found in a tomb next to the
Cheops pyramid. Further on The Sphinx sits watching over the
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Saqqara lies further south and includes pyramids,
burial sites and mastabagraves, Egypt's oldest pyramid is
here, Zoser's step pyramid with a giant tomb site.
Old Cairo, the old Coptic quarter, lies east of the
southern tip of the Roda Island, and contains some of the
oldest and most beautiful churches in Egypt, among others
the Al-Muallaqa church or “The Hanging Church”, the St.
Barbara Church, the St. Sergius Church and the Ben Ezra
Synagogue.
Khan El-Kahalil Cairo's famous bazaar, where there
have been trading and haggling since the Middle Ages. Here
are traded with gold, silver, antiques, perfumes and
whatever else.
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The building of The Citadel was initiated by Saladin
in 1176 as a defence against the crusaders, who at that time
had conquered Jerusalem. On the grounds of the citadel The
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The Ibn Tulun Mosque is from the classical Islamic
period. The entire mosque covers an areal of 140 times 122
meters.
Gayer Anderson House, a house from the 1700-1800
figure of Cairo's finest Islamic modtagelseshal. The house
is next to the Ibn Tulun Mosque.
Cities of the dead, cemeteries with mausoleums and
buildings in honor of the deceased.
Approximately 300,000 cairo citizens live and work here,
where they are engaged in the maintenance of the mausoleums
and buildings
The Sultan Hassan Mosque founded in 1356 and covers
7900 m˛ and is a magnificent Islamic edifice. |
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Meet our guide Hannah in Cairo
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