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| Egypt - miSr (in arabic) |
| Cairo - Memphis |
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When the pharaoh
Narmer, also know as Menes unified the two lands of Upper and
Lower Egypt around 3100 BC he founded the new capital on the
exact spot where the Nile Delta meet the valley, in Memphis. It
stayed as the countrys capital for most of the pharaonic period,
until it was moved to Luxor. But even after that Memphis was an
important place of Egypt, and remained that until the muslim
invation around the 7th century AD.
There is not much
left from this times, but in the museum you can see some
interesting items, where the fallen colossal limeston statue of
Ramses II. There is alos the alabaster sphinx of the new kingom
and other statues of Ramses II. Well worth a visit to have an
impression from that long time ago.
(Click on the
thumbnails, and you will get a larger version)
| Interesting
statues |
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| Panorama
of Ramses II |
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| Details of the
statue |
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| Interesting
inscriptions and figures |
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