National Museum of Egyptian Civilization & Islamic & Coptic Cairo

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

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  National Museum Of Egyptian Civilization NEMC

  The NMEC is the first of its kind in Egypt and the Arab world. It presents the full range of the richness and diversity of Egyptian civilization throughout the ages, from prehistoric times to the present day by focusing on its continuity and stability as demonstrated by its tangible and intangible heritage. The museum’s exceptional collection includes the royal mummies, which are exhibited in a new interactive display using 21st-century cutting-edge technology to go beneath the wrappings and reveal their secrets, in addition to shedding light on the rituals and religious beliefs surrounding mummification in ancient Egypt.

  3 hours • Admission ticket included
• 2
  Mosque of Muhammad Ali

  The Mosque of Muhammad Ali is located inside the Citadel of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin) in Cairo. It was built by Muhammad Ali Pasha in 1265 AH\ 1848 AD on the site of Mamluk palaces. This mosque is known as the "Alabaster Mosque", in reference to its marble paneling on its interior and exterior walls. The mosque’s twin minarets are the highest in all of Egypt, each reaching a height of 84 meters. The mosque was built on the Turkish style that consists of an open court and prayer hall. The prayer hall is a square space that is surmounted with a large central dome surrounded by four semi-domes and four shallow domes in the corners. There are two minibars (pulpits) inside the mosque. The original of the two is made of wood decorated in green. The other was a later addition made of marble. ​

  2 hours • Admission ticket included
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  The Hanging Church

  This church was known as the” Hanging Church“ because it was built over the ruins of Old Cairo‘s Roman fort, and situated near the Coptic Museum. The church is made up of a court divided into four wings separated by three rows of marble columns. A wooden semi-circular vaults covers the main court. The church also contains an inscribed granite baptismal tank and a marble pulpit carried upon ten columns decorated with mosaic. The pulpit dates to the eleventh century AD. The east side houses five alters surmounted by wooden domes. The church's ceiling was made to look like Noah's Ark. The Hanging Church is famous for the icons that decorate its walls. The oldest dates to the fifteenth century AD, while most of the rest date to the end of the eighteenth century AD.

  1 hour • Admission ticket included

Additional info

• Wheelchair accessible
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Children must be accompanied by an adult

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