• 埃及圣卡特琳娜地区
圣卡特琳娜地区位于埃及南西奈省，是包括基督教、伊斯兰教和犹太教在内的世界三大宗教共同的圣地。2002年作为世界文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：圣卡特琳娜正统修道院坐落在何烈山(Mount Horeb)脚下，就是基督教《旧约全书》记载摩西接受“律法石板”的地方。这座山以“杰别尔－穆萨”之名在穆斯林中非常著名、广受尊敬。这个地区是 ...
圣卡特琳娜地区位于埃及南西奈省，是包括基督教、伊斯兰教和犹太教在内的世界三大宗教共同的圣地。2002年作为世界文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：圣卡特琳娜正统修道院坐落在何烈山(Mount Horeb)脚下，就是基督教《旧约全书》记载摩西接受“律法石板”的地方。这座山以“杰别尔－穆萨”之名在穆斯林中非常著名、广受尊敬。这个地区是 ...
阿布米那基督教遗址，位于埃及亚历山大西南部约45公里处，是早期基督教圣城，1979年作为世界文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：这座早期基督教圣城中的教堂、洗礼池、长方形会堂、公共建筑、街道、修道院、民居和工场，都是以亚历山大大帝时期的殉教者、死于公元296年的米纳斯(Menas)的坟墓为基础建立起来的。阿布米纳修道院位于亚历山大 ...
孟菲斯及其墓地和金字塔，位于埃及东北部的尼罗河西岸。孟菲斯曾是古埃及的都城，已有5000年历史，金字塔距孟菲斯8公里处，是世界上古代七大奇迹中仅存的一处，1979年作为文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：古埃及王国首都有着令人叹为观止的墓地古迹，包括石冢、装饰华丽的墓室、庙宇和金字塔。这处遗址是古代世界七大奇迹之一。孟菲斯 ...
阿布辛拜勒至菲莱的努比亚遗址位于埃及东南部尼罗河上游河畔，这里有大量极具考古价值的宏伟古迹。1979年作为世界文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：这一重要区域有大量极具考古价值的宏伟古迹，包括阿布辛拜勒(Abu Simbel)的拉美西斯二世神庙(Temples of Ramses II)和菲莱(Philae)的伊希斯女神圣殿(Sanctuary of Isis)。这些古迹在1960 ...
底比斯古城及其墓地位于埃及尼罗河东岸，距开罗市700千米。底比斯古城是古埃及帝国中世纪和新王朝时代（约公元前2040至1085年）的首都，迄今为止已有四五千年的悠久历史，是世界上屈指可数的最古老的都城之一。1979年,作为文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述:底比斯(Thebes)是古埃及中新王国时代的首都，是阿蒙神(god Amon)之城，与卡纳克( ...
开罗古城，位于埃及尼罗河三角洲顶点以南14千米处，北距地中海200千米，东部是阿拉伯沙漠，有铁路通向苏伊士城；西面是广阔无垠的撒哈拉大沙漠；北面是肥沃的尼罗河三角洲；南面是富饶的尼罗河谷地。是人类文明四大发源地之一，在人类社会发展史上占突出重要地位。 1979年，作为文化遗产列入《世界遗产名录》。世界遗产委员会描述：开罗是世界上最古老的伊 ...
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Description Historical framework:Saladin (Salah ad-din al Ayyubi) the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1174-1260) is one of the greatest sovereigns in the history of Islam. In 1171, he managed to put
Description A/ The Monasteries of the Arab Desert:Arid and mountainous, the Arab Desert stretches its great lonely spaces from the Nile Valley to the Red Sea. The monasteries of St. Anthony and of St
Description The pilgrimage to MeccaThe greatest dream of a pious Moslem, whether he be African, Asian, European, of Arab culture or not, a Sunnite or a Shiite, is to tread on the very same sacred gro
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Description Site # 1: Kharga OasisKharga Oasis occupies a depression in the southern part of the Western Desert of Egypt, extending for some 180 x 15-30 km in a north-south direction, at about 200 km
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Description ·Egypt, the gift of the NileEgypt would not exist without the river and its periodical flooding which regulated life, work in the fields, religious and civil feastdays.The banks flooded b
Description Chronology:The four Pharaonic temples of Dendera, Esna, Edfu and Kom Ombo, apart from their geographical location, all belong to the Ptolemaic period (dynasty of the Ptolemies, the succes
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Description Physically, the Oasis corresponds to a depression dug in the limestone rock with a surface area of about 17.000 km2, whose bottom lies 45 m below sea level and the surrounding relief rise
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Description ChronologyIn the four necropolises, the tombs can be all dated between the Middle Empire and the low Roman period over a long period of about 2500 years which chronologically is as follow
Description Site # 1: Yelleg, Halal, and Maghara MountainsThe mountains of Yelleg (1087 m), Halal (892 m), and Maghara (750 m), are isolated highlands of the Tih (= Wildrness) Desert of North Sinaï.
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Justification of Outstanding Universal Value Kharga as a desert crossroad over the millennia The picture slowly emerging from the most recent studies highlights the importance of Kharga as a desert
Description Historical background:Quite a strange destiny, that of Rosetta/Rachid, the small city in the Nile Delta, surrounded by water and sand and washed by the sea. It does indeed provide a good
Description It is well known that Astronomy in Egypt started a long time ago, and Egypt is considered as one of the oldest countries whose people studied astronomy. The Egyptian monuments at Nabta Pl
Description Site # 1: The Qattara DepressionThe Qattara Deperssion in the noerthern part of the Western Desert is the largest natural closed depression of the Eastern Sahara. It is a region where sa
Description The fossil ancestors of monkeys (Proconsul, elephants (Moerithrium, Arsinoetherium, etc.), and other terrestrial and marshland mammals were found in other quarries near the Fayoum Depress
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Justification of Outstanding Universal Value Museums are institutions regarded as centres for education, research and leisure. Throughout the whole 20th century, they have grown to become one of the
Description Site # 1: Wadi QenaWadi Qena, together with Wadi Allaqi, are intimately connected to the history of the Nile. Before the consolidation of the Nile configuration as we see it now, flowing
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Justification of Outstanding Universal Value The GSSP for the base of the Eocene Series is located at 1.58 m above the base of Section DBH in the Dababiya Quarry, on the east bank of the Nile River,
Description Site # 1: Lake BardawilLake Bardawil is situated on the Mediterranean coast, in the north of the Governorate of North Sinaï. It has an area of about 59,000 ha. It is a Ramsar Site (numb
Description In 332 BC, Alexander the Great who was welcomed as a liberator, first went to Memphis, the capital of Pharaonic Egypt, to honour the Egyptian gods and to receive the royal investiture as
Description Historical backgroundThe area was occupied by the populations of el-Amra, then of Nagada who built a prehistoric and protodynastic village which later became the city of Abdjou (Abydos is
卡纳克遗址 : 埃及中王国、新王国时期首都底比斯城的一部分，阿蒙神崇拜中心和古埃及最大神庙所在地。位于开罗以南约700公里的尼罗河东岸。"卡纳克"为现代地名,意为"城寨"。卡纳克遗址占据底比斯东城之北半部，通过"斯芬克斯大道"（见狮身人面像）与南面的卢克索遗址相接。两地均建有太阳神阿蒙的神庙，但是卡纳克的尤为宏大，约始建于中王国 ...
阿马尔奈遗址出土的奈费尔提蒂王后彩色半身雕像 Ama'ernai yizhi 阿马尔奈遗址 Tell el-Amarna 古埃及都城遗址。位于开罗以南 287 公里的尼罗河畔。第 18 王朝国王阿肯那顿在位（约公元前1379～前 1362）时，迁都于此，并取名为阿肯太顿。图坦哈蒙（见图坦哈蒙墓）继位后，又将首都迁回底比斯，阿马尔奈遂被废弃。英国考古学家 F.皮特里、德国 ...
Abaiduosi yizhi 阿拜多斯遗址 Site of Abydos 古埃及城市遗址。位于尼罗河西岸的拜勒耶纳东南 11 公里。“阿拜多斯”为古希腊语，起源于古埃及当地地名“阿卜杜”。1857 年法国考古学者 A.马里埃特开始发掘，此后又有人继续工作。发掘证明，这一遗址在公元前第 4 千年的阿姆拉文化（见北非新石器时代和铜石并用时代文化）时期即已存在，但主 ...