Top 3 Extraordinary Cultural Sites To Visit In Egypt In 2022

Not every country in the world has such interesting cultural landmarks as well as historic past like Egypt. Cairo is the capital which has excellent staying facilities for visitors. A tourist can plan his or her tour staying in its renowned hotels and motels.

There is also plenty of interest in the colorful culture of this transition zone between Asia, Europe, and Africa continents. For mindful travelers with the opportunity and inclination to dig deeper, some very interesting conversations with friendly locals await.

Grand Egypt's Museum (GEM)

The Grand Egyptian Museum, fondly known as the Giza Museum, is an archaeological museum under construction in Giza, Egypt.

When inaugurated, the GEM will be the largest archaeological museum in the world. It will feature and house many precious artifacts of ancient Egypt, including the complete Tutankhamun collection and many other pieces of Pharaonic antiquities will also be displayed for the first time.

The massive museum is located on a plot of land of about 480,000 square meters (5,200,000 sq ft) approximately 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from the Giza pyramid complex and is part of a new master plan for the Giza Plateau called Giza 2030.

Zeinab Khatoon

Bait Zeinab Khatoun is one of the most fascinated houses and monuments left nowadays. Named after its last owner, as was the custom for Islamic houses in those days, it occupies a distinguished location at the back of Al-Azhar Mosque in "Atfet El-Azhary" (Azhary alley) in Darb Al-Ahmar district, once the finest and richest neighborhood of Islamic Cairo.

Beit El Suheimi

El Suheimi house, also known as Beit El Suheimi is actually one of the most enduring architectural forms, transcending regional, historical, and cultural boundaries. Its balance of simple appropriate construction, environmental control, and social and familial structures continues to engage architects and architectural historians.

The iconic house features a lot of courtyards and rooms which are not visible from the outside.

Beit El Suheimi is accessed through a modest space leading into a spacious and beautifully landscaped courtyard. The entrance door consists of two wooden door-leaves, reinforced with lead plates fixed with steel nails.

Also, the entrance door leads to a narrow passageway at the end of which another door or curtain filters the entrance to the courtyard, allowing this latter to be totally private and visually inaccessible from the outside, even if the entrance door is left open, which was frequently the case as the old Cairo neighborhoods used to enjoy a high level of security.