Egyptian Museum | Old Cairo - Coptic Cairo

Overview

Itinerary

• 1

  The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

  Visit the Egyptian Museum. The Egyptian museum displays a rare collection of 5000 years of art which is considered the largest most precious collection of Egyptian art in the world and collection of old items, middle and new kingdom,

• 2

  The Coptic Cairo

  Discover the historical Christiane part of the town “Coptic Cairo" where you will visit the "Hanging Church” which is dating back to the 3rd Century AD and was dedicated to Virgin Mary ,It's called "Hanging" because of its location above the gatehouse of the ancient Roman fortress "Babylon" .It contains 110 Holy icons depicting beautiful religious scenes. Then visiting "Saint Sergius and Bacchus Church" which is believed to have been built on the spot where the holy family rested at the end of their journey into Egypt

• 3

  Ben Ezra Synagogue

  In Coptic Cairo visit to the "Jewish Synagogue of Ben Ezra" which gained its importance from its Geniza (Store room) was found during the 19th century containing a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts

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