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• Beit El Wali | Aswan Attractions

  Ramses II carved a six-tuned stone temple northwest of Kalabsha, including a front courtyard, colonnaded hall, and Holy of Holies. The temple, made of stone, was converted into a church during Christian times. It features a carved Holy of Holies. The front courtyard walls depict King Ramses II's wars, with the right wall depicting Asians and Libyans, and the left wall showing the Nubians. These scenes are repeated on the transverse hall walls, with the king slaughtering the Libyans and Nubians on the right and left walls respectively.

• Ehnasia, the capital of ancient Egypt

  Ehnasia, a significant city in the Beni Suef governorate, was the capital of Egypt from 2242 to 2452 BC. Established in 1944 by the Interior, it was later amended in 1965 to Ihnasia, also known as Umm Al-Kaiman, due to the presence of dunes and sand gatherings in the area. The city's history is significant in the region. The Bahnasia archaeological area spans 390 acres and houses the remains of King Ramses II's temple, including two quartz statues.

• St. Catherine's Cathedral | Alexandria

  Alexandria Governorate, once home to multiple foreign communities, has become a multicultural city known for its historical architecture and historical significance. The city's streets, particularly in Downtown Alexandria, evoke a sense of European streets and the famous Manshiya area, which was once a gathering place for foreign communities and a commercial center. St. Catherine Cathedral, founded in 1850 in Alexandria's Manshiya district, was built on the foundations of two 1632-year-old temples dedicated to Franciscan monks.

• Saint Mark the Evangelist

  He is John, also known as Mark, whose name appears often in the epistles in the book of Acts. He was known by two names: Mark, which means "devoted to the god Mars," and John, which means "Jehovah Hanan" in Hebrew. According to the Apostle Paul, he is the cousin of the martyr St. Barnabas. St. Mark was born in Cyrene, Libya, to Jewish parents, Aristobulus and Mary, who were considered the first Christians in Jerusalem. He learned Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, and was a skilled scholar in the tribe of Levi.

• Marriott Mena House Cairo | 5-Star Hotel

  In 1869, Khedive Ismail built the Mina House Hotel in front of the Giza Pyramids, aiming to have a rest house after hunting trips. The hotel, surrounded by jasmine gardens, overlooks the pyramids plateau. Ismail expanded the rest house, prepared a pyramid street, and transformed it into a palace for guests attending the opening ceremony of the Suez Canal.

• About Suez Gulf, Egypt

  West of the Sinai Peninsula, on the northernmost edge of the Red Sea, lies a bay known as the Gulf of Suez. The Gulf of Aqaba is the smaller bay east of the Sinai Peninsula. The gulf was formed inside the about 26 million-year-old, comparatively tiny, but long-inactive Gulf of Suez Fault Basin. The Gulf of Suez, spanning 300 kilometers north-northwestwards, ends at the Egyptian city of Suez and the entrance to the Suez Canal. It marks the border between Africa and Asia and is considered one of the most significant bodies of water due to its location above the Jamsha oil and gas field.