Ḩalwān is a city in Egypt.
Population: 230,000
Latitude: 29° 50' 29.18" N
Longitude: 31° 18' 3.02" E
The mortuary complex of Pepi I is situated in the southern archaeological complex of Saqqara, Egypt. It was excavated in the 1960s by the French Archaeological Mission of Saqqara (MafS) which, all around the main pharaoh's pyramid, discovered about …
Mazghuna (also known as Al Mazghunah or Al-Muzghumah), 5 km to the south of Dahshur, is the site of several mudbrick pyramids dating from the 12th Dynasty. The area was explored by Ernest Mackay in 1910, and was excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1911.…
The Pyramid of Ameny Qemau is located in southern Dahshur. It was constructed c. 1790 BC for Ameny Qemau, the 5th king of the 13th Dynasty during the Second Intermediate Period. The stone constituting its upper structure has been entirely robbed but…
El-Sakakini (Arabic: السكاكيني; also spelled El-Sakkakini) is a small district (quarter) in Cairo, Egypt that neighbours the El Zaher and Abbaseya districts.
Petro Sport Stadium (Arabic: استاد بتروسبورت) is a multi-use stadium with an all-seated capacity of 25,000 located in Cairo, Egypt.
The Arab Contractors Stadium, officially known as Osman Ahmed Osman Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Cairo, Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
The Abbas El-Akkad Experimental Language School (Arabic: مدرسة عباس العقاد التجريبية للغات), is an Egyptian school located at 1 Tahseen Fargali Street, Area 1, Nasr City, Cairo. It was named after the writer Abbas el-Akkad. It is the most famous sc…
The 2009 Khan el-Khalili bombing was a bomb explosion that took place at 6:30 p.m. local time on 22 February 2009 in Khan el-Khalili, a souq in eastern Cairo, Egypt, killing a 17 year old French teenager and injuring 24 other people.
The 2008 Cairo landslide happened on September 6, 2008, in el-Deweika, an informal settlement in the Manshiyat naser neighborhood of east Cairo, Egypt.
Mubarak International Stadium (Arabic: ستاد مبارك الدولي) is an all-seated association football stadium in Suez, Egypt. Completed in 2009 the stadium has a capacity of 45,000 people. It hosted matches from Group C in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, and wa…
The Maimonides Synagogue (Hebrew: בית כנסת הרמב"ם, translit: Beit Knesset ha-Rambam; Arabic: كنيس ابن ميمون), also known as the Rav Moshe Synagogue, is a historic synagogue located in Cairo, Egypt. A synagogue has existed at the site since the 10t…
Al-Sekka Al-Hadid Stadium (Arabic: ستاد السكة الحديد), also known as Railway Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Cairo, Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of Al-Sekka Al-Hadid.
St Fatima School is a school in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt. Established in 1982, the school serves students in preschool through secondary stages of education.
The Coptic Hospital (Arabic:المستشفى القبطي) is a name given to a hospital in Cairo, Egypt.
Bab al-Louq (also Bab el-Louk, Bab al-Luq; Egyptian Arabic: باب اللوق, IPA: [bæːb elˈluːʔ]) is a neighborhood in downtown Cairo.
The Al Ayyat train collision killed at least 50 people and injured 30 others on 24 October 2009. The incident occurred in Al Ayyat , 6th of October Governorate, located 50 km south of Cairo. The official death toll has increased and might increase f…
Mit Okba Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Giza, Egypt. It is currently used mostly for football matches and hosts the home games of Tersana.
Aldiwan Arabic Language Center, briefly Aldiwan Center, is an Arabic language school based in Cairo, Egypt and established in 1997. It focuses on providing Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)certificates and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic (ECA) courses.