The captial of Egypt and the largest city in Africa, the name means "the victorious city". As the region's principal commercial, administrative, and tourist centre.
Egypt's second largest city (3.5 million people), its largest seaport and the country's window onto the Mediterranean Sea. No city in Egypt has history as rich as that of Alexandria which witnessed so many historic events and legends!
Luxor hosts one third of the whole monuments and antiquities of the world. Therefore, it is considered one of the most important tourism spots in Egypt and maybe in the whole world.
Aswan is the 3rd largest city in Egypt and the biggest in Upper Egypt. Aswan was the ancient Egyptians' gateway to Africa. Today Aswan is major stop for may Nile cruise ships depart from Luxor to Aswan everyday.
Sharm is the the jewel of Egyptian tourism industry now. The city offer some of the finest places for diving and snorkeling in the world, it offers great value for money if compared with many diving spots in the world.
Hurghada today is a world centre for sea sports such as diving, snorkelling, sailing, windsurfing, and deep-sea fishing. The unique offshore underwater gardens are justifiably famous amongst divers
Tombs of the Nobles- Aswan
Tombs of the nobles- Aswan Tombs of the nobles are carved in the best rock of the west bank of Aswan city. These tombs were built at the 6th dynasty and were carved out of the native rocks. The tombs are knows as Qubbet El-Hawa tombs are decorated with vivid murals depicting scenes of everyday life, hieroglyphic biographies and inscriptions showing the noblemen journeys into Africa
The listed tombs below belong to the Aswan Nobles as follows:
Her-Chuf
(6th Dynasty)
Pepinacht (6th Dynasty)
Tomb of Mechu und Sabni (6th
Dynasty )
Mechu und Sabni (6th
Dynasty )
Sarenput II (!2th Dynasty )
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