Nilometer
A nilometer is a structure for measuring the Nile River's clarity and water level during the annual flood season in Egypt. There were three main types of nilometers, calibrated in Egyptian cubits: a vertical column, a corridor stairway of steps leading down to the Nile, and a deep well with a culvert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: structure for measuring the Nile River’s clarity and water level during the annual flood season
- Also known as: “Maqyas an Nil”, “Maqyās an Nīl”, “Miḳyās”, “Miqyas”, “Miqyas al-Nil”, “Miqyās al-Nīl”, “Nile Meter”, and “nilometer”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nilometer in Rhoda Island and Umm Kulthum Museum.
Umm Kulthum Museum
Museum
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Om Kalthoum Museum is a biographical museum on Roda Island, Cairo, Egypt. The Om Kalthoum Museum is dedicated to Umm Kulthum, or Om Kalthoum, the famous Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress.
Coptic Museum
Museum
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The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. Coptic Museum is situated 530 metres east of Nilometer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cairo and Giza.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Giza
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Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 2½ km northeast of Nilometer.
Nilometer
- Categories: type of structure, measuring instrument, architectural structure, hydraulic structure, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Nilometer” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقياس النيل”
- Azerbaijani: “Nilometr”
- Basque: “Nilometro”
- Catalan: “Nilometer”
- Catalan: “nilòmetre”
- Catalan: “Nilòmetre”
- Czech: “Nilometr”
- Dutch: “Nilometer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مقياس النيل”
- Esperanto: “Nilometro”
- French: “Nilometre”
- French: “Nilomètre”
- French: “el-Meqyâs” (historical)
- French: “Nilomètre de Roudah” (historical)
- Galician: “Nilómetro”
- German: “Mikyas”
- German: “Miqyas”
- German: “Nilmesser”
- German: “Nilometer”
- Hebrew: “נילומטר”
- Italian: “Nilometro”
- Japanese: “ナイロメーター”
- Malay: “Nilometer”
- Persian: “دستگاه سنجش نیل”
- Persian: “نیلومتر”
- Polish: “nilometr”
- Portuguese: “nilometro”
- Portuguese: “Nilómetro”
- Portuguese: “nilômetro”
- Portuguese: “Nilômetro”
- Russian: “Ниломер”
- Russian: “Нилометр”
- Slovenian: “nilometer”
- Slovenian: “Nilometer”
- Spanish: “Nilometro”
- Spanish: “Nilómetro”
- Swedish: “Nilometer”
- Turkish: “nilometre”
- Turkish: “Nilometre”
- Ukrainian: “Ніломір”
- Uzbek: “Nilometr”
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