Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The current capital of Egypt is Cairo. Over the course of its history, Egypt has had many capitals. Over the course of its history, Egypt has had many capitals. Its earliest capital was Tjenu, better known as Thinis , which may have been the capital of the hypothetical Thinite Confederacy prior to Egypt's unification.
Cairo (/ ˈ k aɪ r oʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized: al-Qāhirah, Egyptian Arabic: [el.qɑ(ː)ˈheɾɑ] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. [5]
This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1] The list is for sites intended for permanent settlement and does not include fortresses and other locations of intermittent habitation. a capital of ancient Egypt
Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #597 on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Tuesday, January 28, 2025 The New York Times
The city was founded originally in the vicinity of an Egyptian settlement named Rhacotis (that became the Egyptian quarter of the city). Alexandria grew rapidly, becoming a major centre of Hellenic civilisation and replacing Memphis as Egypt's capital during the reign of the Ptolemaic pharaohs who succeeded Alexander.
Alexandria Governorate (Egyptian Arabic: محافظة اسكندريه) is one of the governorates of Egypt.The city of Alexandria was historically the capital of Egypt until the foundation of Fustat, which was later absorbed into Cairo.
The site is on the east bank of the Nile River, in what today is the Egyptian province of Minya. It is about 58 km (36 mi) south of the city of al-Minya, 312 km (194 mi) south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, and 402 km (250 mi) north of Luxor (site of the previous capital, Thebes). [3] The city of Deir Mawas lies directly to its west. On the ...
Avaris (Egyptian: ḥw.t wꜥr.t, sometimes hut-waret; Ancient Greek: Αὔαρις, romanized: Auaris; Greek: Άβαρις, romanized: Avaris; Egyptian Arabic: اڤاريس, romanized: Avaris) [5] was the Hyksos capital of Egypt located at the modern site of Tell el-Dab'a in the northeastern region of the Nile Delta. [6]