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Behbeit el Hagar
South west of provincial capital Al Mansura (in the northern delta) lays Behbeit el Hagar. It holds the impressive remains of a Shrine to the goddess Isis, as can be seen from the names of the location in classical antiquity, Iseum or Isidis oppidum. The Arabic name for the village, Behbeit, still contains the pharaonic name Hebyt. The temple now lies in ruins but the complex (1170 x 680 feet or 360 x 210 meters) is enclosed by a great wall built of unfired Nile mud tiles, while the temple itself covered an area 260 x 178 feet (80 x 55 meters) the temple building has totally collapsed, probably due to an earthquake, and now the visitor finds only a confusion of granite blocks and other architectural fragments. |
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Fort Qait Bey
On the northern tip of the former island of Pharos, on the spot where the famous lighthouse once stood, stands the mighty fortress of Sultan Qait Bey. |
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Pompey’s Column
The desolate state of this hill of ruins with the huge column of Pompey gives little indication that the famous Sarapeion once stood here. |
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The Theater at Kom el-Dik
Many of the ancient buildings in Alexandria have not survived or lie beyond reach under the modern city. |
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The Graeco-Roman Museum
The museum building to house antiquities of the Graeco-Roman period in Egypt was started in 1891 and it has been extended several times. |
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Kom esh-Shugafa
On the slopes of a hill not far from the ruins of the Sarapeion lies the entrance to the catacombs of Kom esh-Shugafa (Arabic: the hill of fragments), |
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Behbeit el Hagar
South west of provincial capital Al Mansura (in the northern delta) lays Behbeit el Hagar. It holds the impressive remains of a Shrine to the goddess Isis, |
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TheTemple of Isis
The Shrine to Isis may well have been erected to replace an older site dating from the saitic period (Twenty- sixth Dynasty). |
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Alexandria Hotels
You can now book your room in Alexandria hotels, Alexandria Hotel, Alexandria Hotels, Hotels of Alexandria, |
Alexandria Map
Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt,
and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports |
Alexandria Monuments
The best monuments of Alexandria. Information about Alexandria monuments, landmarks, historic buildings and museums in Alexandria. |
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