Misr Papyrus Institute

Places of Interest Nearby

Pyramid of Kheops

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the Egyptian pyramids and the most famous landmark of the Giza pyramid complex in Giza, Egypt. It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only wonder that has remained largely intact. Pyramid of Kheops is situated 770 metres northwest of Misr Papyrus Institute.

Great Sphinx

Work of art

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The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. The monument was sculpted from the limestone bedrock of the Eocene-aged Mokattam Formation and faces east on the Giza Plateau, on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. Great Sphinx is situated 340 metres west of Misr Papyrus Institute.

Sphinx Stele

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The Dream Stele, also called the Sphinx Stele, is an epigraphic stele erected between the front paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza by the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose IV in the first year of the king's reign, 1401 BC, during the 18th Dynasty. Sphinx Stele is situated 320 metres west of Misr Papyrus Institute.

Places in the Area

Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi

Neighborhood

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Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi is a neighborhood.

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.

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