A fresh day for your journey across Egypt, where you will see the most fascinating Egyptian Museum, home to artifacts originating from the Pharaonic era.
The museum features an exceptional collection of artwork spanning five millennia, which is regarded as the world’s most valuable collection of Egyptian Art.
Presently on display are more than 120,000 magnificent artifacts, including gold and jewelry that had been kept inside his tomb for more than 3,500 years before being found during the 1920s excavation of his tomb, Following your tour of the museum, eat lunch before continuing on to the Coptic Cairo, also known as Old Cairo in Egyptian culture. The Copts built their churches as a means of security within the bounds of the Roman citadel of Babylon.
Three centuries passed between the conversion of Emperor Constantine and the emergence of Islam.
Egypt was a Christian country, and among the earliest communions is the Coptic church, which was also the first to introduce severe monasticism into the isolated desert.
Tens of thousands of Copts remain in Egypt, with a large population residing in Old Cairo. El Muallaqa, also known as the Hanging Church, is their most well-known structure.
It was constructed over one of the entrances to the ancient citadel, with its nave dangling above the walkway.
The Ben Ezra synagogue and the Saints Sergius church, which house the Crypt where the Holy Family sought refuge during their flight to Egypt, are located in Old Cairo as well.
(Awaiting restoration) Once a hub for Jewish families, Cairo is today home to only a small number of them.
Since at least the fourth century BC, there has been a religious structure on this location first a church, then a synagogue and the current synagogue is home to a Torah covered in gazelle skin that is believed to have been discovered in the fifth century BC.
This entire region is a well-known pilgrimage site. Next, proceed to Khan EL Khalili, a significant souk located in the old city of Islamic Cairo. One of Cairo’s top tourist destinations, both foreign visitors and Egyptians, is the Bazaar district. Return to your Cairo hotel after that.
