Mariotya Canal
Mariotya Canal is a canal in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Mariotya Canal is situated nearby to the museum Wissa Wassef Art Center, as well as near Adam Henein Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Sphinx of Giza and Sphinx Stele.
Great Sphinx of Giza
Work of art
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 of Giza is situated 4 km west of Mariotya Canal.
Sphinx Stele
Photo: Chanel Wheeler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 4 km west of Mariotya Canal.
Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan
Archaeological site
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The Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan, also known as Pyramid of Baka, Pyramid of Bakare and Pyramid of Bikheris is the term archaeologists and Egyptologists use to describe a large shaft part of an unfinished pyramid at Zawyet El Aryan in Egypt. Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan is situated 4 km southwest of Mariotya Canal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi and Giza.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi
Neighborhood
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nazlet Al Siman and Al Sisi is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km west of Mariotya Canal.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Ma’adi
Ma'adi a suburban district of Cairo, to the south of the city center on the eastern bank of the Nile, consists of two distinct areas, Old Ma'adi and New Ma'adi.
Mariotya Canal
- Type: Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
29.96759° or 29° 58′ 3″ northLongitude
31.17734° or 31° 10′ 38″ eastOpen location code
7GXHX59G+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 26784388OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=canal
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In Other Languages
“Mariotya Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ترعة المريوطية”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wissa Wassef Art Center and Adam Henein Museum.
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