Image Heliopolis Open Air Museum EG077064JHP by Jim Henderson

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This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt
Heliopolis Open Air Museum EG077064JHP Heliopolis Ancient Egyptian Senusert Obelisk Museum Coffins site entrance north of Cairo is the oldest standing obelisk in Egypt at the site of the temple of Re-Atum although little is left of this once important sun cult centre and dating from around 1970BC at the beginning of the 12th Dynasty. Not visited usually as part of most tour packages it is an interesting visit enroute for other interesting Delta sites such as Tel Basta and Tanis. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, ancient, Heliopolis, Cairo, suburb, Delta, north, obelisk, open, air, upright, entrance, coffins, museum, granite, carved, fragments
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: North of Cairo
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Heliopolis Open Air Museum EG077064JHP
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Heliopolis Ancient Egyptian Senusert Obelisk Museum Coffins site entrance north

of Cairo is the oldest standing obelisk in Egypt at the site of the temple of Re-Atum although little is left of this once important sun cult centre and dating from around 1970BC at the beginning of the 12th Dynasty. Not visited usually as part of most tour packages it is an interesting visit enroute for other interesting Delta sites such as Tel Basta and Tanis.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, ancient, Heliopolis, Cairo, suburb, Delta, north, obelisk, open, air, upright, entrance, coffins, museum, granite, carved, fragments