barbecue

barbecue is a fast food restaurant in Giza Governorate, Egypt. barbecue is situated nearby to the bus station minibuses, as well as near small bustling crowded marketplace, mostly greengrocers.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Abusir and Tombs of 3rd Dynasty.

Abusir

Photo: Kurohito, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Abusir is the name given to an Egyptian archaeological locality on the desert plateau 10 km south of Giza and 8 km north of Saqqara. About 35 km south of the Egyptian capital Cairo, Abusir is the site of a compact pyramid field, with pyramids and funerary temples dating mainly from the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

Tombs of 3rd Dynasty

The Third Dynasty of ancient Egypt is the first dynasty of the Old Kingdom. Other dynasties of the Old Kingdom include the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. The capital during the period of the Old Kingdom was at Memphis. Tombs of 3rd Dynasty is situated 2 km south of barbecue.

Pyramid of Neferirkare

Photo: Neithsabes, Public domain.

The pyramid of Neferirkare is the funerary monument built for the Egyptian pharaoh Neferirkare Kakai of the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th century BC. It is the tallest, highest-situated structure in the Abusir necropolis – located between Giza and Saqqara – over which it still towers. Pyramid of Neferirkare is situated 1½ km west of barbecue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Hawamidyah and Saqqara.

Al-Hawamidyah

Town

El Hawamdeya is a city in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. Successive census results indicate a considerable steady rise in its population: 73,298 in 1986, 91,770 in 1996, 109,314 in 2006, 149,567 in 2018 and 158,278 in 2023. Al-Hawamidyah is situated 4½ km east of barbecue.

Saqqara

Photo: Oltau, CC BY 3.0.

Saqqara is the name given both to a village 32 km to the south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo and to the extensive ancient necropolis on the plateau above the Nile Valley, the location of tombs and pyramids dating to the Predynastic, Old Kingdom, New Kingdom and Late Periods of ancient Egyptian history.