The Best Attractions In Al Minya

Minya is the capital of the Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt. It is located approximately 245 km south of Cairo on the western bank of the Nile River, which flows north through the city. The name of the city is derived from its Ancient Egyptian name Men'at Khufu, meaning the nursing city of Khufu, linking it to the Pharaoh Khufu or Cheops, builder of the Great Pyramid at Giza.
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1. Beni Hassan Al Minya
Beni Hasan is an Ancient Egyptian cemetery site. It is located approximately 20 kilometers to the south of modern-day Minya in the region known as Middle Egypt, the area between Asyut and Memphis.While there are some Old Kingdom burials at the site, it was primarily used during the Middle Kingdom, spanning the 21st to 17th centuries BCE .To the south of the cemetery is a temple constructed by Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, dedicated to the local goddess Pakhet. It is known as the Cave of Artemis, because the Greeks identified Pakhet with Artemis, and the temple is subterranean.
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2. Fraser Tombs Al Minya
The Fraser Tombs are a necropolis located 10 km northeast of Al Minya, Upper Egypt. They sit around 2 km south of Tihna el-Gebel village, which was an ancient limestone quarry.The rock-cut sepulchres date to the Fourth and Fifth dynasties of the Old Kingdom.These tombs were first discovered in the fall of 1853 by the German Egyptologist Heinrich Brugsch and first described by the British civil engineer George Willoughby Fraser, whose name was given to these tombs.The tombs belong to a 3 km long necropolis of the ancient town of Mer-nefer . The tomb owners were stewards of the royal estate. In the fifth dynasty, they were Hathor priests and there is a temple to Hathor nearby.Four of the fifteen tombs contain statues and carved hieroglyphics dating from the Old Kingdom. The most important of...
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3. Tell el-Amarna Dayr Mawas
4. Meir Monumental Tombs Asyut
5. Deir Rifa Tombs Asyut
6. Masjid Al Mojahideen Asyut
7. El Ashmunein Mallawi
Hermopolis was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt. A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman Egypt, and an early Christian center from the third century. It was abandoned after the Muslim conquest but was restored as both a Latin Catholic and a Coptic Orthodox titular see. Its remains are located near the modern town of el Ashmunein in Mallawi, Minya Governorate, Egypt.
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8. Tuna el-Gebel Mallawi

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Travel to El Minya in day trip to Beni Hassan and Khenaton tombs in El Minya. Private tour departs from Cairo hotels, excursion to visit Bakhet III, Khnumhotep & Khety. Trip with private AC van and personal Egyptologist guide. Al Minya tour is a great chance to enriches your holiday in Egypt and cultural excursion while you are in Cairo.

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Spend best days in your tour to Cairo, El Minya and Gara Cave to discover the ancient Egyptian civilization and make best safari tour in Egypt to Gara Cave in Wesrten desert. Enjoy Cairo Tour to the pyramids and Egyptian Museum, then ahead to El Minya to visit the best places for the old kingdom in Egypt and from there take Jeeb 4x4 to Gara Cave Safari Tour.

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After the unification of Egypt, the provincial capital of the 16th nome emerged as an important center of trade. It was opposite a trade route to the Red Sea along which the Levantine traders carrying their goods from Sinai and Canaan travelled.[2] During later times of the Old Kingdom, the name of the city was changed to Men'at Khufu, linking it to the Pharoah Khufu or Cheops (reigning around 2550 BC) founder of the Great Pyramid at Giza as it was believed that he was born there. The city of Men'at Khufu has not been located but it is thought to be located on the west bank of the Nile in the vicinity of the modern day Minya.
Following the collapse of the Old Kingdom, and during the First Intermediate Period, rulers of Men'at Khufu became wealthy and powerful and enjoyed a certain degree of autonomy in relation to the central power of Pharoahs. The princes of the Oryx nome initially remained neutral during the long struggle that dominated the First Intermediate Period between the Herakleopolitan and Theban kingdoms, but eventually during the reign of Baket III they formed an alliance with the Thebans in the time of Mentuhotep II. This pro-Theban policy worked to their advantage in that power over the Oryx nome continued to be wielded by the same family after the Theban conquest. The power of the rulers of Men'at Khufu reached its height during the 11th Dynasty.[3]
Like Pharoahs, rulers of the Oryx nome were deeply concerned with their lives after death. Because the pyramid building age was over or maybe because they could not afford to construct their own pyramids, the rulers of Mena'at Khufu chose the limestone cliffs of the eastern desert overlooking a gentle curve in the Nile as an ideal spot on which to carve their tombs. These chapel-tombs at Beni Hasan are the only remnant of the era when Minya rulers wielded power and wealth. Today these thirty nine rock-cut tombs can be visited in the limestone cliffs above the modern day village of Beni Hasan. Though not as great and magnificent as other monuments of ancient Egypt, the Beni Hasan tombs are rather extremely important as their walls reveal more information about life in Egypt 4,000 years ago more than any other monument in Egypt. In fact these tombs provide more insight about daily life in Egypt than about the rulers who constructed them.
With the rise of the 12th Dynasty, the powers of Minya rulers were forcibly reduced by the Pharaoh Amenemhat II (1929--1895 BC). By the end of the 12th dynasty, the role and the power of the rulers of Minya were functionally eliminated.
During the Second Intermediate Period, Minya with the rest of Lower and Middle Egypt fell under the control of the Hyksos. It appears that Minya's rulers actually supported the Hyksos 15th Dynasty rulers against the native Egyptian pharaohs of the 16th and 17th dynasties. Towards the end of the Second Intermediate Period when the Theban Pharaohs started their struggle to expel the Hyksos out of Egypt, Minya was the site where the first major battle of this conflict took place. In 1552 B.C. Kamose, the last Pharaoh of the 17th dynasty marched his Medjay troops north to Nefrusy few miles to the south of Minya and there he defeated the army of a man called Teti son of Pepi, who is said to have transformed Minya into a nest of the Asiatics. This was the first major defeat for the Hyksos which later would encourage Ahmose I, the younger brother of Kamose, to march north and expel the Hyksos out of Egypt for good around 1540 B.C.[4]
As for the Beni Hasan tombs, most of them were later ravaged. Some were defaced by rulers that followed. Mutilation of the tomb chamber was the fate of many monuments during the centuries following the demise of Pharaonic Egypt. Tombs were converted into dwellings, quarried as a ready source of stone, or deliberately damaged by early Christians and Muslims.[5]

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EXPO Mummies In Bruges, Secrets of Ancient Egypt

Bezoek de tentoonstelling “Mummies in Bruges – Secrets of Ancient Egypt” in Xpo Center Bruges (site Oud Sint-Jan in Brugge). Deze fascinerende expo belicht 3 thema’s in 3 verschillende zalen: het leven in het oude Egypte, de dood en het hiernamaals. De expo bevat 9 menselijke én dierlijke mummies uit het oude Egypte van meer dan 2.000 jaar oud. Daarnaast zijn ook meer dan 200 objecten uit het oude Egypte te zien, waaronder enkele die nog nooit eerder werden tentoongesteld. Deze objecten en mummies behoren tot de collectie van het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden (Nederland), dat 1 van de 5 belangrijkste en grootste Egyptische verzamelingen van Europa bezit. Grote infoborden en video’s doorheen de tentoonstelling geven uitleg over de opmerkelijke rituelen van oude Egyptenaren rond de dood en hun rotsvaste geloof in het hiernamaals.
Speciaal voor kinderen (8-12 jaar) is er een speurtocht met Dummie de Mummie, bekend uit de gelijknamige, populaire kinderboekenreeks. Aan de hand van een speur- en doeboekje begeleidt Dummie de Mummie het jonge publiek doorheen deze tentoonstelling. Kraak de mummie-code en leer je naam schrijven in hiërogliefen! Meer info op xpo-center-bruges.be

Visit the temporary exhibition “Mummies in Bruges – Secrets of Ancient Egypt” at the Oud Sint-Jan Exhibition Centre in Bruges. This fascinating exhibition highlights 3 themes: life, death and the afterlife. The exhibition comprises 9 human and animal mummies from Ancient Egypt that are more than 2000 years old, plus more than 200 objects (likewise from Ancient Egypt), including some that have never been shown before. These objects and mummies belong to the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden [National Museum of Antiquities] in Leiden (Netherlands), which boasts one of the 5 most important and biggest Egyptology collections in Europe. Large information panels and videos throughout the exhibition provide explanations on the remarkable rituals of the Ancient Egyptians concerning death and their unshakable belief in the afterlife.
For children (8 to 12) in particular, there is a quest with Dummie the Mummy, known from the eponymous children’s book series. Dummie the Mummy guides the young public through this exhibition with the help of a colouring and activity book. Crack the mummy code and learn to write your name in hieroglyphs! More info on xpo-center-bruges.be

The Best Attractions In Al Minya