Museum of Modern Egyptian Art | Ankh | The idea of establishing a museum to exhibit modern Egyptian art masterpieces was first introduced in 1925 by Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil, a famous Egyptian fine...
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Cairo, which means The Triumphant (Al Qahira) is the capital and largest city of Egypt. It is on the heart of Egypt and it is the Arab World’s largest and Africa’s most populous city. It is near the site of the first capital of unified Egypt, Memphis.
Located near the Nile Delta, it was founded in the year 969 A.D. Nicknamed “The City of a Thousand Minarets” for its preponderance of Islamic architecture.
the city has long been a center of the region’s political and cultural life. It was founded by the Fatimid caliphs as a royal enclosure. It replaced Fustat as the seat of the government. It later came under the Mamluks, was ruled by the Ottomans 1517 to 1798, and briefly occupied by Napoleon.
Muhammad Ali of Egypt made Al Qahira the capital of his independent empire from 1805 to 1882, after which the British took control of it until Egyptian revolution in July 1952.
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art | Ankh | The idea of establishing a museum to exhibit modern Egyptian art masterpieces was first introduced in 1925 by Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil, a famous Egyptian fine...
Gayer Anderson Museum | Ankh | The House of the Cretan Woman, Bayt al-Kritliyya is an example of upper class medieval Cairene tastes. The house is located in the southeast corner of the Ibn Tulun...
Ahmed Shawki Museum | Ankh | Ahmed Shawki Museum is in recognition of the great Poet-Laureate Ahmed Shawki, which houses a wide collection of more than 713 manuscripts and drafts, a collection of oil...
The Egyptian Agriculture Museum | Ankh | The Egyptian Agriculture Museum features a variety of displays about farming practices in Egypt from ancient times to the present day. The Cotton Museum...
Coptic Museum | Ankh | Interest in Coptic art was revived at the end of the 19th century when Mr. Gaston Maspero, a French Egyptologist, brought together many pieces in dedicated rooms of the...
Taha Hussein Museum | Ankh | Taha Hussein is one of the most important names of Modern Arabic Literature. He’s also a leading social and political reform who struggled for the provision of education...
Umm Kolthoum Museum | Ankh | Umm Kolthoum Museum devoted to the famous Egyptian singer Umm Kolthoum is located Al Manyal, Cairo. The Umm Kolthoum Museum was not in Umm Kolthoum’s home since her...
Museum Of Islamic Art | Ankh | The museum of Islamic art in Cairo is truly a wonderful reservoir of Islamic antiquities. It has a vast supplement of about 10200 artifacts that one cannot explore in a...
Egyptian Museum | Ankh | One of the world’s famous museums. It houses 250,000 antique pieces including mummies, sarcophagi and the fabulous treasures of Tut Ankh Amon’s tomb. This...
Abdeen Palace Museum | Ankh | Abdeen Palace Museum is a palace in central Cairo, Egypt. It was one of the palaces of the former Egyptian royal family, the descendants of Mohamed Ali. It was built by...
