Oula in a Day: Ancient Wonders and Museum Marvels

The Egyptian Museum is located near Tahrir Square in the center of Cairo, and it displays relics from ancient Egypt to ancient Roman rule. Come here to witness the golden mask of the Egyptian pharaoh, the treasure of the town hall, and visit the mummies of many pharaohs and royal aristocrats in the mummy exhibition hall to learn about the production process. The entrance museum is a quaint brick red building with two floors. After entering the museum, you can ask a tour guide or buy a visiting guide, which will be very helpful for you to understand these artifacts. The design of the entrance to the museum incorporates the characteristics of ancient Egyptian art. The outer profile of the gate is a circular arch. In the niches on both sides of the arch, there are reliefs that Europeanize the image of the pharaoh, one of which holds a papyrus, the other Holding lotus flowers, symbolizing the north and south of ancient Egypt respectively. The first floor of the museum is displayed in the order of the ancient history of Egypt, where you can see precious artifacts from the period of the ancient kings to the Roman rule in the fifth and sixth centuries AD. There are many sitting statues with different shapes, such as the cross-legged secretary sitting statue. In addition, there are exhibits of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, mainly wood carvings and stone carvings. Compared with the exhibition hall on the first floor, the exhibition hall on the second floor is displayed in the form of a special exhibition room, and the exhibits are more precious than those on the first floor. Showroom. Here you can witness pharaoh's golden funeral mask, golden coffin, golden throne and so on. In addition, there are more than 1,700 unearthed cultural relics in Tutankhamun's exhibition room worthy of appreciation. The Mummy Showroom and the Mummy Showroom on the southwest corner of the second floor is a very attractive place in the Egyptian Museum. There are more than 20 mummies of Egyptian pharaohs and their concubines. For example, the colorful wooden coffin lid of Astem Kabu is 205 cm high. The eyes and eyebrows are inlaid with enamel, giving people a sense of grace and luxury. In addition, mummies known as "Fayoum Portraits" can be seen here. This type of mummy draws human faces on wooden boards and waits until they are dead before placing the portraits on the embalmed mummy's face. Some of the mummies stored in the Egyptian Museum are more than 3,500 years old, but they are still well preserved, and some can clearly see hair and toenails. War and Peace Exhibition Room Among the mummies, the most well-preserved remains are the remains of Ramses II (c. 1317-1251 BC) of the 19th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. Ramses II created a precedent for the conclusion of a peace treaty with foreign enemies, the Hittites, in the history of Egypt, so the exhibition room where Ramses II's body was placed is called the "War and Peace Exhibition Room". After visiting all the exhibits, I came to the garden of the museum, where there are many statues of well-known Egyptologists, as well as outdoor exhibits such as sphinxes, obelisks, and stone carvings. When you finish visiting, walk out of the museum, you will see a statue on the right side of the gate, it is the founder of the Egyptian Museum.

The Pyramids of Giza, located on the Giza Plain, are a general term for a group of pyramids, rather than a separate pyramid. They were built between 2600 and 2500 BC. They are synonymous with ancient Egyptian civilization and one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The three larger and better-preserved pyramids of the Giza Pyramids are the Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Kafra and the Pyramid of Menkaure. The three pyramids are arranged according to the constellation of Orion. The first thing you see after entering the scenic spot is the Pyramid of Khufu, which is the best-preserved pyramid so far. The entrance to the tomb of the Pyramid of Khufu is 18 meters above the ground. Photography is not allowed inside the interior, and the interior corridors are illuminated. Inside, you can visit the Pharaoh's Chamber of Secrets, which is a small granite room. The structure of the Pyramid of Kafra is the same as that of the Pyramid of Khufu. You can also visit the Pharaoh's tomb inside. The tomb is still empty, except for a square empty sarcophagus, which is placed against the wall. If you are curious, you can stand on the stepping stone and look inside the sarcophagus, which is also empty. After visiting the Pyramid of Khafre, there is the smaller one of the three pyramids, the Pyramid of Menkala, where you can admire its appearance and take pictures. You can also visit. The entrance to the Pyramid of Menkaure is much smaller than that of Khufu and Kafka, and the ladder-shaped passage is entered through a few stone steps.

The Pyramid of Khufu, as the tomb of the Pharaoh Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, is the largest and taller Egyptian-style pyramid in the world. Built around 2580 BC, this pyramid is not only a symbol of Egypt, it is also the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The appearance of the pyramids To visit the Pyramid of Khufu, you must first enter the Giza Pyramid Scenic Spot. After entering, the first thing you see is the Pyramid of Khufu. It is a relatively well-preserved pyramid so far. Although the top has been weathered for a long time, it is still a A huge building with a height of 40 stories. From a distance, the pyramid is an isosceles triangle on all sides, and the entire tower is made of 2.3 million boulders. At the foot of the pyramid, you can climb a few levels symbolically. Inside the Pyramid Of course, in addition to seeing the huge appearance of the pyramid from the outside, you can also visit the inside. Although ventilation equipment is installed inside the pyramid, it will still be stuffy due to the narrow tomb passage inside the pyramid, so it is recommended that tourists with poor health do what they can. The entrance to the tomb of the pyramid is at a height of 18 meters above the ground, and the entrance faces the Big Dipper. Photography is not allowed inside the interior, and the interior corridors are illuminated. Stepping on the steep wooden stairs after entering, you can imagine the ancient Egyptians carrying the pharaoh's sarcophagus, going up the corridor, and placing the sarcophagus in the secret chamber of the pyramid. Walking up the corridor step by step in the pyramid, the footsteps will become heavier, and people will feel more and more stuffy, and then come to the Pharaoh's secret room. The secret room is a small room made of granite, 42.28 meters above the ground. For many years, people thought the pyramids contained the treasures and mummies of the pharaohs. But when archaeologists entered the pyramid in 1881, they found that there was only an empty coffin in the middle tomb. In the pharaoh's secret room, you can see an open dark red granite empty sarcophagus placed in the middle of the secret room. Back then, the pharaoh's treasure had been looted, and only this empty coffin could not be moved. You can walk in and touch the empty coffin and see the ancient Egyptian writings and patterns on the empty coffin. In the secret room, some tourists may be seen lying directly on the ground, and some tourists are sitting cross-legged and closed their eyes. They seem to want to absorb the aura of the pyramid. To this day, many people still believe that the pyramids have a special power. From the secret room, walk slowly back along the corridor. As your eyes brighten, you return to the exit. In a moment, you may have a wonderful feeling of returning to the world.

The Nile River is the mother river of Egypt. In the Cairo section, tourists usually choose to swim the Nile River at night, not only to enjoy the city night view of Cairo, but also to watch the wonderful belly dance or Sufi dance performance. There are many choices of cruise ships. At the docks on both sides of the Nile River in downtown Cairo, you can see a variety of cruise ships of different grades. The price ranges from 10 Egyptian pounds to one or two hundred Egyptian pounds. The more famous ones are Pharaoh Cruise and luxury dinner cruises ( MaximDinnerCruise), sailing cruise (FeluccaCruise), etc. Lively night cruises There are parades during the day and at night. Usually, there are belly dances, Sufi dances and other performances on board during night cruises, which are very lively. You can book night tours at your hotel and get lower group rates. The Pharaoh cruise ship's retro Pharaoh-style hull is very characteristic. There are four cruises a day at 14:30 (lunch cruise), 16:30, 20:00 (dinner cruise), and 22:00 (dinner cruise). Reservations are required. Accept credit card payment, the reference price is 200 Egyptian pounds per person. Tel: 02-35701000, 02-35702645 Address: 138ElNilSt.Giza, Giza official website: http://www.thepharaohs.com.eg

When it comes to the pyramids in Egypt, you will think of the Sphinx. It is located in the Pyramid Scenic Area. Near the Pyramid of Khufu and the Pyramid of Khafre, the Sphinx and the pyramids, which have a history of about 4,000 years, belong to the ancient Egyptian civilization. A representative monument, it is also synonymous with Egypt. As the name suggests, the Sphinx is a statue of a human-faced lion with its front paws lying forward on the desert. The entire statue is about 22 meters high and 57 meters long. Except for the front paws, the original head of the Sphinx. Wearing a crown, there is a relief of the holy snake on the body, and there is a long beard and a collar around the neck. But after thousands of years of wind, rain and sand burial, the crown and collar disappeared. The Sphinx is not next to the Khafre Pyramid, but at a distance. After entering the Giza Pyramid Scenic Spot, bypass the Pyramid of Khufu and go through a corridor to the side of the Sphinx, and there is a corridor next to the Sphinx, you can climb to the corridor to take pictures. After visiting the Sphinx, you can also walk to the Khafre Pyramid behind it and the nearby Khufu Pyramid.