Egypt capital

c. 600–100 bce; in the British Museum, London. great temple of Ptah was one of the city’s most prominent structures. According to an Egyptian document known as the “ The prominence of Memphis during the earliest periods is indicated by the extensive cemeteries of the Early Dynastic period ( c. 2925– c. 2575 bce) and Old Kingdom ( c. 2575– c. 2130 bce) that cluster along the desert bluffs to the west. Large elaborately c. 2925– c. 2650 bce) found at Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. The royal pyramids are surrounded by large cemeteries where the courtiers and officials who had served the king during his lifetime were buried. The beautiful reliefs in certain of these tombs include scenes of daily life and thus give some idea of the crafts, costumes, and occupations of the royal court of Memphis. Since little has survived of domestic architecture and household furnishings, these reliefs are a valuable source of information on such subjects. A notable exception to the general rule of loss and destruction is the hidden tomb of Queen The kings of the c. 2465– c. 2325 bce) moved south of Giza to build their funerary monuments; their pyramids, at

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Egyptian antiquities authorities Saturday unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were discovered recently at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo. The spaces were found in the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is a part of Egypt's ancient capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Mostafa Waziri, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, gives a press conference in the Saqqara necropolis, on May 27, 2023. KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the workshops had been used to mummify humans and sacred animals. They date back to the 30th Pharaonic Dynasty (380 BC to 343 BC) and Ptolemaic period (305 BC to 30 BC), he said. Inside the workshops, archaeologists found clay pots and other items apparently used in mummification, as well as ritual vessels, Waziri said. The tombs, meanwhile, were for a top official from the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, and a priest from the New Kingdom, according to Sabri Farag, head of the Saqqara archaeological site. In recent years, Egypt's government has heavily promoted new archaeological finds to international media and diplomats. It hopes that such discoveries will help attract more tourists to the country to revive an industry that suffered from political turmoil following the 2011 uprising. People visit the Saqqara region in Giza, Egypt on May 27, 2023. Fareed Kotb/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

On a flat stretch of desert between the Nile River and the Suez Canal, a new city is being built that will one day replace ancient Cairo as Egypt's capital. The new metropolis is currently a giant construction zone, but work is progressing at breakneck speed. It is slated to be larger than Singapore and will eventually be home to 6.5 million people. The government is set to move 34 government ministries — including the presidential complex — to the new capital in next June, just four years after the project was announced by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. Officials describe the new administrative capital, which has not yet been named, with a string of superlatives. It will be the country’s most high-tech city, home to Africa’s tallest tower, and Egypt’s largest minaret and tallest church steeple. Former Brig. Gen. Khaled el-Husseiny Soliman, the international coordination manager with the Administrative Capital for Urban Development, which is overseeing a partnership between the housing ministry and the military, said the project would create "the first smart city in Egypt." This scale model of the new Egyptian administrative capital was unveiled in 2015. Khaled Desouki / AFP/Getty Images file Among its features will be sensors that report smoke or fires to emergency services and a "smart traffic system," he added. The new city will also boast a huge green space bigger than New York’s Central Park, a mega-mall, residential districts, a science and tech campus and a cultur...

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CAIRO, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Egyptian government will start the process in December of moving offices to a new administrative capital located east of Cairo, a spokesman for the presidency said on Wednesday in a statement. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi "directed the government to start the actual transfer to the government district in the New Administrative Capital starting in December for a trial period of 6 months," he said. The new capital is designed as a high-tech "smart city" to accommodate 6.5 million residents and ease congestion in Cairo. The city will include a government district, a business district, vast parks and a diplomatic district.

• • • • • The transcontinental country of Egypt covers an area of 1,010,408 sq. km. As observed on the physical map above, Egypt is largely covered by desert with the Nile River running south to north through the middle of the eastern half of the country to drain into the Mediterranean Sea. The river stretches from Lake Nasser in southern Egypt and runs through a narrow valley with bordering cliffs to enter Cairo where it spreads out to finally form a delta at its mouth. The Nile is called the lifeline of Egypt. Around 98% of the country's population resides in the Nile River Valley. As observed on the map, most of Egypt is in Africa while a part of it, the Sinai Peninsula, acts as the land bridge between Africa and Asia. The Mediterranean and the Red Sea are connected through the man-made Suez Canal with the Sinai Peninsula lying to the east of this canal. On both sides of the Nile River Valley are vast stretches of desert designated as the Eastern Desert and the Western Desert. In the far southwest, the land rises into the Gilf Kebir Plateau, with elevations near 609 m. Sandstone plateaus front the Nile and the Red Sea, with cliffs as high as 548 m. In the far southeast, the Red Sea Mountains, an extension of the Lake Nassar, the largest lake in Egypt can be observed on the map in southeastern Egypt. It is man-made and was created when the Aswan dam was constructed, then finished in 1970. The 2,642 m high Mount Catherine in the Sinai Peninsula is the highest point in Egy...

Where Is Egypt? The transcontinental nation of Egypt stretches from the northeastern corner of Africa across the Sinai Peninsula to Asia’s southwest corner. The country is bordered by Libya to the west and Sudan to the south. To the east of Egypt lies the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The former also washes the southern shores of the country. Northern Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea while Israel and the Gaza Strip forms the northeastern border of Egypt. What Is The Capital Of Egypt And Where Is It Located? Cairo is Egypt’s capital city and also the most populous city in the country. The city is located in Lower Egypt which is a section of Egypt encompassing the fertile Nile delta and the land between Upper Egypt and the northern Mediterranean coast. Cairo is at a distance of 165 km to the south of the Mediterranean coast. It lies 120 km to the west of the Suez Canal. The city is based along the banks of the world’s longest river, the Nile River. More specifically, Cairo is based immediately south of the point from where the Nile leaves its valley to branch out and form the Nile Delta. The city proper lies on the Nile’s eastern bank and the metropolis spreads out in all directions. History Of The Capital City Of Egypt Due to the strategic location upstream of the Nile Delta, the area in and around Cairo has always been a target of dynasties who ruled the country. The ancient settlement of Memphis, located about 24 km away from present-day Cairo, was a thriving metropol...