The Heavenly Cathedral in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt

The Beautiful Coptic Egypt Churches

The Heavenly Cathedral, Coptic Orthodox Church in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt,

The church "Samayein" as Egyptian call it, Is an architectural masterpiece, where all the walls and ceilings are engraved with symbols, pictures and stories of the preaching of the Old and New Testaments, which were decorated by the Egyptian artist Michael Jacob.

Heavenly Cathedral in Al nor district Sharm El-Sheikh

Dahab underwater museum

Undersea museum:

Intended to help protect Red Sea marine life. A tropical coral reef grows horizontally from one to three centimeters per year, and vertically anywhere from 1 to 25 centimeters per year. It is important that new structures are provided to help shelter the corals over the years to come.
As part of the new museum, a statue of an elephant has been submerged into the deep blue sea off Dahab. It was created out of 72 per cent recycled materials, including old bikes and shipping debris. It weighs some 800 kilos and is as large as a real elephant. Other statues have also been submerged to support new coral growth, including of the ancient Egyptian god Horus and the cartoon character Pinocchio.

I Dive Tribe Community of young scuba divers aiming to save the coral reefs that are threatened by human activities and climate change.
We have noticed that some divers, tourists and even amateurs when snorkeling and diving or doing sports activities in the Red Sea take away parts of the coral reefs, even cutting off entire roots and putting the whole ecosystem in danger, Even though their intentions may be harmless, taking souvenirs from undersea environments can create tragedies for the sea ecosystem.

I Dive Tribe community:

The founders of the group are Abdel-Latif, Abdel-Rahman Al-Mekkawi and Farah Akram. The tribe was started in 2010, when they first put their beliefs into practice. The i Dive Tribe is not only a school for teaching diving, but also believes in the need to protect the ecosystem of the sea waters.

Did the ancient Egyptians have electricity?

How did ancient Egyptian had light inside their temples?

Many questions where moving inside my head, especially if you visited a tomb or went inside the pyramids, how could they see inside their tombs to draw paintings without electricity, no yet nowhere on the ceilings it there even the slightest evidence of soot or smoke residue, How then torches were used by the ancient Egyptians to light the pitch black chambers of tombs and temples According to most mainstream archaeologists, Also, there isn’t enough oxygen inside those tombs with which to support or feed a flame of a torch.
Dendera was the area where the knowledge of the light-giving source was kept, and this secret knowledge was kept by the high priests. They were the only ones that were privy to this type of information, because Dendera was the special place where this specific knowledge was guarded and kept.

Dendera Temple is located about 2.5 km south-east of Dendera, Egypt. It was part of a temple complex, The main temple is called Hathor’s Temple

In Egypt there is this underground crypt at Dendera that was always secret and only the high priests had access to that crypt. It is very hot in there, very narrow, low ceiling, and on the walls you have these reliefs of what looks like ancient light bulbs.

The walls are decorated with human figures next to bulb-like objects reminiscent of over sized light bulbs. Inside these “bulbs” there are snakes in wavy lines. The snakes’ pointed tails issue from a lotus flower, which, without much imagination, can be interpreted as the socket of the bulb. Something similar to a wire leads to a small box on which the air god is kneeling. Adjacent to it stands a two-armed djed pillar as a symbol of power, which is connected to the snake. Also remarkable is the baboon-like demon holding two knives in his hands, which are interpreted as a protective and defensive power.

The details of the electric thesis by Krassa, Habeck, and Garn.

Peter Krassa, Walter Garn and Reinhard Habeck in 1982 with a the Leuchttkörper models constructed by Garn at the Frankfurt book fair.
Till now its still a mystery Did the ancient Egyptians have electricity? No solid proof yet.

Mysterious photos explained

Beautiful Egypt mysterious photo of the desert cones

To view this photo on Google Earth map, set coordinates: 27°22'54.59"N, 33°37'48.46"E Many stories were said about those photos, some said its a portal to another world and some said its done by Aliens, what's the story around them?

The Desert Breath:

Mysterious photos explained, This is the name of the project Sponsored by Orascom development company in Egypt, this land art project created by D.A.ST. Arteam. Desert Breath in the eastern sahara desert bordering the red sea in El Gouna, Egypt. The construction of Desert Breath was completed in March 1997. Can easly be reached from El Gouna by renting a car or a bicycle, just turn right from El Gouna gate and you can spot it, you can get a map and information from the library in El Gouna Best time to visit Desert Breath is sunrise early morning and before sunset.

Here you can find information about El Gouna, The most beautiful coastal cities in the world.

Nefertiti symbol of true beauty

#Nefertiti

Nefertiti is the Egyptian queen who was famous for her beauty. She is known to have an elegant beauty. She has a statue that is a symbol of many women and many modern cosmetic lines. Many communities throughout the world have adopted Queen Nefertiti as a symbol of true beauty, They have declared it the most beautiful woman in the world.

Despite the disappearance of her body, but all books of ancient history about how was she so powerful queen .. "Beautiful came" This is the meaning of her name, which history forever immortal her.

Queen Nefertiti

Nefertiti is the wife of Amenhotep the fourth, Pharaoh the Eighteenth Dynasty, who changed his name after their marriage to Akhenaten, and the mother in law of Tutankhamun. 

Tut ankh Amun remains the husband of her daughter Ankh Esen Amun. Nefertiti is the only pharaoh who was the wife of Pharaoh and mother in law of  a Pharaoh and the daughter of Pharaoh.

In 1912, In Tel Amarna, Minya the German Egyptology Ludwig Burchardt found the Nefertiti statue in the workshop of sculptor Tuthmosis and fled to his house in Cairo's Zamalek neighborhood. He then hid it inside pottery pieces and smuggled it out of Egypt to Germany and then to Berlin.  During World War II. The soldiers stole it and took it to America. Because it was stolen from the Berlin Museum America sent it back, But to this day Germany has not responded to the Egyptian government's request that it return the statue to Egypt!!!

Another statue of the head of Nefertiti in the Egyptian Museum, to the end of the scientists could not locate the tomb of Nefertiti, and it is believed that Tutankhamun transferred the mummy of Nefertiti and the mummy of his father Akhenaten of Tel Amarna after he became king but no one reached the cemetery .. Erasing the history of Nefertiti, but the simple information gathered about it by suggesting that it was a strong personality and beautiful form and subject.

Day plan tour Cairo or Giza

Tourist staying in Cairo or Giza can set a day plan to #Saqqara area.

What we will see in Saqqara?

For tourists want to set their own tour plan here is a suggestion,

I will tell you all about Saqqara Area and what can you see and do,Recommended places in the area and you can skip or do what ever you like .

First start by some historical details ,Saqqara is a village located in the southwest of Giza Governorate.
Saqqara is one of the most important historical and archaeological sites in Egypt. It is named after the Pharaonic Pharaoh Sukkar, and there are many pyramids of the kings of Pharaonic families, especially the third, fifth, sixth, And their families, as well as some graves for the kings of the first families,

The most important monuments in Saqqara are the Saqqara pyramid,

The Saqqara pyramid, also called the pyramid of terraces, or the pyramid of Zoser, in relation to King Zoser, one of the Pharaohs of the third family that ruled Egypt. Its base is about 130 m, and its height is about 60 m. It is one of the oldest pyramids in the world. The pyramid consists of 6 terraces. It contains many rooms, corridors, mezzanine, and doors that contain inscriptions of the Zoser. The walls are decorated with blue and green ceramics. A statue of King Zoser sitting on his throne, in addition to the pyramid contains two buried Two daughters of King Zoser.

Tomb of Ti,

The Tomb of Ti. is located in the northern region of Saqqara, a cemetery built by Kan Ti, who served as supervisor of the pyramids at the time of the last kings of the fifth Egyptian family, in the 24th century BC, he built to bury him with his wife, Among the most famous archaeological sites in the area, it consists of an upper section with a small hall with two columns engraved with a picture of me, and its walls contain inscriptions, inscriptions depicting the funerary, agricultural and daily life of the inhabitants. There is also a large courtyard consisting of 12 columns, The coffin of Ti was found empty at the burial site but you can see a copy of a statue, Since the original version of the statue is in the Egyptian Museum.

The Serapium of Saqqara,

The Serapium is a place engraved in the rocks of Saqqara in Egypt, divided into many valleys, in the middle of each valley there is a huge granite coffin in which the calf is buried. The work of the tombs of the king, Amenhotep, began, and the burial continued until the end of the era of the Ptolemies. The place was discovered by the great sociologist Mariette and the mummies of the calf Abbis were found with  rich in the most precious types of decorations and precious stones.

On your way back after the historical tour you will see many hand made carpet schools in the road of Saqqara,

Handmade Carpet schools

Saqqara is one of the most important places in the Egyptian handmade carpets industry, where Saqqara is known as a tourist area of ​​the first style, and this is why many schools and hand-made carpet factories have been established. There are about eight schools and factories for the production of handmade carpets: Saqqara School, Handy, Oriantal, Sinfero, Sultan, Nile, Tohami, Akhenaten. Saqqara School is the first hand-weaving school in the region where it was built in 1976. It continued its work in teaching the handmade carpet industry through its own school and its production till this moment, you can visit one of them even if you will not buy ,they will welcome you to see the process of making the carpets .

Dalida Sings to Egypt ,Helwa ya baladi

Helwa ya baladi means Oh beautiful my country

#Dalida

ِA song by a world legend singer Dalida Born and raised in Egypt , Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, professionally known as Dalida, was a French vocalist and actress, born in Egypt to Italian parents. She won the Miss Egypt beauty contest in 1954. Her singing career began in 1956 and ended with her last album in 1986, half a year before she committed suicide.

This song by Dalida is made and dedicated to Egypt. English translation is under the video

R.I.B

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

My hope was always

To come back to my country

And stay with you forever

Memories from the past

My country I remember

My heart is full of stories

My country, I remember

My first love was in my country

It's impossible for my to forget

Wheres the old days

Before leaving

We used to say that separation was impossible

And every tear on the cheeks used to drop

Filled with lots of hope that we will stay

In the sea of love

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

Wheres the love of my heart

He was away from me

And every time we sing

I think of him

Tell me love, where are you going and leaving me

It's the most beautiful song were both going to sing

My country is a beautiful word to be singing between the lines

A beautiful word and many more

My country is beautiful

A beautiful song and many more

My country is beautiful

My hope was always

To come back to my country

And stay with you forever

Koshari Egyptian national dish recipe

Delicious Egyptian national food recipe  

#Koshari

Didn't eat well yesterday and I was dreaming of food, so I thought today post will be about a national Egyptian dish "Koshari" if you are a vegetarian or not you will love it.
Koshari is a combination of lentils, rice, chickpeas, fried onion and pasta with a Middle Eastern spice tomato sauce

Koshari Recipe for 3 or 4 persons

Ingredients:

½ cup chickpeas 

2 cups rice (must be washed well)

1½  cup brown lentils (must be washed well)

1 cup small Macaroni or spaghetti

4 big onions chopped as rings

5 minced garlic cloves

Olive oil

4 spoons white vinegar

Juice of 4 big tomatoes

1 spoon tomato paste

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pepper

½ teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon hot sauce (upon your desire)

procedure:

The video is in Arabic but i have translate it to English at the bottom.

1- We start by putting the chickpeas in hot water for 30 min then we put it on heat till its cooked.
2- We boil the lentils till its half cooked drain from water .
3- We add the rice to the lentil and also add ½ teaspoon of salt and ½ teaspoon of pepper leaving it to be completely cooked.
4- Boil the pasta till its done then pour it through a strainer.
Here is another secret for a really tasty Egyptian Koshari – in a big size pan we put 1 spoon of the oil which we used to fry the onions and we add 2 minced garlic cloves and fry it for 1 minute until it turns pink.
Add the pasta to the pan and leave them together for 5 minutes over low-medium heat while stirring.
5- Onion rings put some salt and 2 tea spoon of starch to make it crispy, frying the chopped onions rings.
Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium pan over medium-high heat and leave them for 6 minutes.
Once the onions turn crispy, we dry them using kitchen paper towels.
6- For the tomato sauce- put 2 spoons of the same oil we used before in frying the onions in a medium size saucepan,
add 3 minced garlic cloves. When it turns pink, we add the tomato juice, 1 spoon of tomato paste,
white vinegar and 1 teaspoon of hot sauce over medium-high heat until the sauce becomes heavy.
If you like it spicy, you can also add 1 teaspoon hot sauce.

Serve :

Add the rice, lentil and macaroni to a large bowl or scoop out desired amounts of each onto the plates.
Add some spicy tomato sauce on top. Sprinkle some crispy onions.
For garnish you can add some boiled chickpeas on top.

See you next time with a new Egyptian national dish, leave a comment for any question I will be glad to help.

Sphinx Guardian of the pyramids

#Sphinx

Located on the Giza plateau front of the pyramids on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt, the Sphinx is also a guardian of the plateau. It is the oldest known monumental sculpture, about 73.5 meters long, 15 meters in length, 19.3 meters in length, and 20 meters above the surface of the head. It is believed that the ancient Egyptians built in the reign of Pharaoh Khafre

The Sphinx is a statue of a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head carved from limestone. It was probably originally covered with a layer of plaster and colored. The traces of the original colors are still visible next to one of its ears.

The Sphinx Dream stele is a memorial plaque ordered by Pharaoh Thutmose IV between the extended hands of the statue of the Sphinx in Giza, in memory of a dream dreamed by this Pharaoh before he ascended the throne of Egypt in 1401 BC. The Pharaoh was a young prince in the era of the modern state and was once fishing on the Giza plateau. When he was tired, he resorted to the Sphinx, which was covered by desert sand and showed only his head, and the Prince was went to sleep. the Sphinx appeared in a dream and promised that he would replace the throne of Egypt, and asked him to remove the accumulated sand after he gets the throne.

Several years later, the prince ascended the throne of Egypt. During the first year of his rule, he ordered this dream to be recorded on a large plate, placed in the hands of the sphinx extending after the removal of sand from the sphinx. Some 1,300 years after the construction of the Sphinx.

Roman Catacombs in Alexandria

Roman Catacombs in Alexandria

Alexandria in the beautiful Egypt, was a part of the Roman empire and the largest city after Rome's capital,

That's the reason of many Roman artifacts in Alexandria one of them is the Roman catacombs,

located Kom El Shoqafa which means Mound of Shards, and is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages

These catacombs, the largest known Roman burial site in Egypt, were constructed in the 1st and 2nd century AD, probably as a family crypt.

The beautiful Egypt, Roman catacombs in Alexandria is a mixture of the Pharaonic art overlapped with the Roman art of the city and the most magnificent models of funerary architecture. The cemetery was discovered by chance on September 28, 1900, although excavations began in this area since 1892, the chance came when a donkey fall in a hole and they were trying to check how the donkey fall to save it they found the great Roman Catacombs.

Grand Egyptian Museum

GEM The world largest museum ever.

Grand Egyptian museum site is 2 km from the pyramids,the museum complex will be approximately 480,000 square meters.

Grand Egyptian museum hosts more than 100,00 artifacts from Pharaonic , Greek and Roman eras, about 3500 artifacts of the king Tutankhamun. 

General Director, Tarek Tawfik said "This will be the museum of the 21st century,"

All means of modern technology have been taken into consideration in order to make this an unforgettable experience for the visitor, but at the same time provide the best possible environment for the artifacts.

The world largest museum.

Costing more than $1 billion, the museum will re-house and restore some of the country's most precious relics. Its expansive, glass-fronted building offers sweeping panoramas of the Giza plateau and Great Pyramids,

Grand Egyptian Museum first test soft opening is scheduled for the end of this year, when a collection of Tutankhamun's possessions will go on display in approximately one-third of the museum space.

Recommended historic heritage hotel in Cairo Mena house

#Recommended_hotels_in_Cairo Mena house

It is an ideal place to appreciate Egypt's glorious history, where the hotel adjoins the Great Pyramids of Giza. Built in 1869, the hotel has a historic heritage that is clearly reflected in its interior designs, exquisite original antiques, brilliantly crafted furniture and original works that are rarely found elsewhere. Over the years, Mena House has hosted kings, emperors, heads of state and celebrities. The Mena House overlooking the Pyramids offers unrivaled views of the great pyramids with its spectacular backdrop.

Mena House originally built by the king of Egypt Khedive Ismail Pasha in 1869 on an area of ​​40 acres to be a special break to spend his time after returning from long hunting trips and meet his guests, and this recreation overlooking the pyramids and surrounded by Jasmine gardens  aromatic smell to look like a green oasis in the heart of the desert, Then Khedive Ismail extended the rest and set up the pyramid road leading to it and around the building to a palace for guests of the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal.

In 1971, the hotel bought Ray Bhadur Mohan Singh and his current owners of the Mena House Oberoi Hotel. In 1972, the Oberoi International Hotel of India took over the management of the hotel and renovated it more than once.Now it is held under the management of Marriott since 2015,

In December 1977, the Mena House Conference was held between former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat US President Jimmy Carter, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and representatives of the United Nations before the Camp David peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.

Mena House has 486 rooms and suites (7 small suites and 4 master suites each with a private balcony overlooking the pyramids). The hotel consists of four floors with marble staircases and an Islamic architecture with a number of chandeliers. The hotel has 96 rooms in the main building and 390 rooms in the annexes. All the rooms are decorated with hand-made Persian carpets, decorated with old murals, old wood windows and all the rooms are preserved. Overlooks the first and largest swimming pool built in Egypt, in addition to the golf course contains 18 hole, tennis court, playground jogging and fitness center, and more room for concerts and conferences

Choice of Time magazine, Marriott Mena House as one of the most beautiful hotels in the world

Pharaoh quotes

#Pharaoh_quotes

You must not fight too often with one enemy, 

Or you will teach him all your art of war

Anubis the god of embalming and the dead.

The oldest monastery in the world

Saint Catherine Monastery, Egypt

The Monastery of St. Catherine is located in the south of Sinai in Egypt, below Mount Catherine, the highest mountain in Egypt, near Mount Moses.
It is said to be the oldest monastery in the world. It is a large tourist attraction frequented by tourist groups from all parts of the world. It is a retreat run by monks of the Greek Orthodox Church who do not speak Arabic. They are not Egyptians or Arabs and do not follow the Patriarchate of Alexandria, Although the guardianship of the monastery was for long periods of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The monastery contains a historical church with ancient gifts of kings and princes, including silver chandeliers and a well that they say is the well of Moses. It was also built around a tree that is said to be the Moses tree, which was set on fire when Moses came to speak to his Lord,They said that there were attempts to cultivate it outside the monastery unsuccessful and it did not grow anywhere else outside the monastery. The monastery is a piece of historical art. There are Arabic mosaics, Russian and Greek icons, oil paintings and engravings on wax and others. The monastery also contains a library of manuscripts which is said to be the second largest manuscript library after the Vatican.

Check Prophet Moses Mountain near by 

Coptic Cairo Hanging Church

Coptic Cairo’s Hanging Church 

The name came from the fact that it is partly suspended above the Babylon Fortress. The current building dates back to the 7th century, and was preceded by another church built in the same spot four centuries earlier. As such, it’s thought to be one of Egypt’s oldest places of Christian worship. Once inside, take note of the vaulted timber ceiling (intended to evoke the interior of Noah’s Ark), the marble pulpit and the incredible collection of religious icons. The church, which is associated with visions of Mary, is open every day from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Good Morning Egypt from Luxor

#From_Luxor_with_love

Did you miss something when visiting Luxor?

Don't forget the magnificent Dawn and the Sunrise from top of Luxor city

Enjoy it from the hot air balloon.

What do you know about Castle Zaman?

Castle Zaman

Is a new made castle between Taba and Nuweiba in Sinai

Castle is made of stone with no cement used tables and furniture are made from trees and recycled products.

Its like a day use place to relax have some massage , yoga,swim and enjoy the food.

prices are good as the average diner will be 150 LE that's like 10 $

Entrance of the castle is 100 LE per ticket.

Good morning Egypt 2

#Good_morning_Egypt

 One of the world’s most iconic shipwrecks. Drafted into military service during World War II, the British freighter sank in 1941 after being hit by two German bombers. She was loaded with Allied supplies at the time, including cases of ammunition, armored vehicles, military

motorcycles, guns and aircraft parts. The SS Thistlegorm was rediscovered by Jacques Cousteau in 1955, and is now the jewel of the Red Sea diving scene. Dahab Egypt Most Dahab dive centers offer day trips to the SS Thistlegorm

Pyramids old photos

A rare picture to pyramid street in 1945

British tourists on top of the pyramids 1925