Egypt

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Introduction¹

Dictionary

Egypt : country of northeastern Africa bordering on the Mediterranean and Red seas and site of an early and long enduring civilization of the ancient world; capital Cairo area 386,662 square miles (1,001,450 square kilometers) — Merriam-Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip of Palestine and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. The Gulf of Aqaba in the northeast separates Egypt from Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, while Alexandria, the second-largest city, is an important industrial and tourist hub at the Mediterranean coast. — Wikipedia

Egypt (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Egypt (The World Factbook, CIA)
Egypt (BBC Country Profiles)

Egypt (Wolfram Alpha)

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Inspiration

IDV Digital (YouTube Channel)
IDV Digital (Official Website)

Experience Egypt – Pyramids, Tombs and Temples! (Matterport Tours)

Egypt 360° Videos (Air Pano, 360° Videos)

Introducing Egypt (Lonely Planet, YouTube Video)
Travel Destinations in Egypt (Lonely Planet, Website)

Things to Do in Egypt (Frommer’s)
Travel Destinations in Egypt (BBC)

Travel in Egypt (National Geographic)

Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Egypt (Atlas Obscura)

Egypt (TED Talks, Official Website)

Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people The Greater Cairo metropolitan area is the 12th-largest in the world by population. It is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta. — Wikipedia

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360 ODYSY (YouTube Channel)

Fun in the Sun

Best Beaches in Egypt (Google)
Best Beaches in Egypt (YouTube)

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Preservation

Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, between c. 2600 – c. 2500 BC. The site is at the edge of the Western Desert, approximately 9 km (5.6 mi) west of the Nile River in the city of Giza, and about 13 km (8.1 mi) southwest of the city centre of Cairo. It forms the northernmost part of the 16,000 ha (160 km2; 62 sq mi) Pyramid Fields of the Memphis and its Necropolis UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Great Pyramid and the Pyramid of Khafre are the largest pyramids built in ancient Egypt, and they have historically been common as emblems of Ancient Egypt in the Western imagination. They were popularised in Hellenistic times, when the Great Pyramid was listed by Antipater of Sidon as one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is by far the oldest of the Ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence. — Wikipedia

AirPano VR (YouTube Channel)
Air Pano (Official Website)

Egyptian Pyramids Part I (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)
Egyptian Pyramids Part II (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)

360° Travel Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza (BBC, YouTube 360° Video)

Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel, Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan. The twin temples were originally carved out of the mountainside in the 13th century BC, during the 19th Dynasty reign of the Pharaoh Ramesses II. Their huge external rock relief figures of Ramesses II have become iconic. His wife, Nefertari, and children can be seen in smaller figures by his feet. Sculptures inside the Great Temple commemorate Ramesses II’s heroic leadership at the Battle of Kadesh. The complex was relocated in its entirety in 1968 to higher ground to avoid it being submerged by Lake Nasser, the Aswan Dam reservoir. — Wikipedia

Abu Simbel Temple (Matterport 360° Tour)

Virtual Tours (Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities)

Egypt (World Heritage List, UNESCO)
List of World Heritage Sites in Egypt (Wikipedia)

History

Egypt (World History Encyclopedia)

Museum

Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, commonly known as the Egyptian Museum (also called the Cairo Museum), located in Cairo, Egypt, houses the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world. It houses over 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display. Located in Tahrir Square in a building built in 1901, it is the largest museum in Africa. Among its masterpieces are Pharaoh Tutankhamun’s treasure, including its iconic gold burial mask, widely considered one of the best-known works of art in the world and a prominent symbol of ancient Egypt.[2 — Wikipedia

Virtual Tour through Tutankhamun Collection at Egyptian Museum (Matterport 360° Tour)
Egyptian Museum in Cairo (Official Website)

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. The museum traces the history of Egypt from its beginnings to the present day. — Wikipedia

Virtual Tour of The Coptic Museum (Matterport 360° Tour)
Coptic Museum (Official Website)

Museums in Egypt (Museums of the World)
List of Museums in Egypt (Wikipedia)