El-Menia tour guide
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Very little is known today about Al Minya Governorate compared to its great wealth of important archaeological sites. Its remarkable history which highlights Pharonic, Roman, Byzantine, Coptic and Islamic periods has not yet received the full attention of scholars Menia, known as the "Bride of Upper Egypt",
Menia, known as the "Bride of Upper Egypt", is located about 153 miles south of Cairo; this represents its strategic location in Middle Egypt as a vital link between the north and the south of Egypt. Al Minya is famous of its agricultural products, making up 5.4% of the total Egyptian agricultural production. Because of its road and rail links, Al Minya has become a transit point for tourists visiting Middle Egypt, and there are several hotels in the governorate.
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El Minya Sightseeing and archaeological areas:
Amarna
Amarna commonly known as el-Ainarna or incorrectly as Tel el-Amarna; is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site that represents the remaiqs of the capital city newly—established and built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty (c. 1353 BC), and abandoned shortly afterwards. The area is located on the east bank of the Nile River in the modern province of Minya.
Beni Hasan
The Beni Hasan cemetery of thirty-nine monumental tombs represents the final resting place for a couple of centuries of Middle Kingdom Egyptian provincial officials. Tomb Three is the final resting place of Khnum-Hotep Ill. The horizontallycut monumental tomb included an open outer court, twocolumn portico and doorway, main chamber with two rows of inner columns and a smaller shrine room—all cut into and from the solid rock.
