Coptic Museum
Coptic Museum is a museum in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Coptic Museum is situated nearby to Napoleon’s Museum, as well as near Mummification Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coptic Museum and Hanging Church.
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 1½ km northeast of Coptic Museum.
Hanging Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Hanging Church is situated 1½ km northeast of Coptic Museum.
Ben Ezra Synagogue
Photo: Zerida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ben Ezra Synagogue, sometimes referred to as the El-Geniza Synagogue or the Synagogue of the Levantines, is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Fustat part of Old Cairo, Egypt. Ben Ezra Synagogue is situated 1½ km northeast of Coptic Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Giza and Old 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.
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.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
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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 4 km northeast of Coptic Museum.
Coptic Museum
- Type: Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.99815° or 29° 59′ 53″ northLongitude
31.21664° or 31° 12′ 60″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX6X8+7MOpenStreetMap ID
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In Other Languages
“Coptic Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المتحف القبطى”
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