Pharaonic Cairo

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It is a human and urban entity that always moves with life. The site of this city goes back long before it was named Cairo. It started at the west bank of the river Nile, at about 4225 B.C.

Inhabitants of the eastern district of the Delta chose a location that lies a few miles away from the northern part of Cairo. It is the ancient "Oun" town known by Greek as "Heliopolis". Now it is named by Cairenes as "Ain Shams".

That city witnessed the flourishing of astrology, medicine and engineering. It became a significant center to the ancient religions. Revolution of knowledge developed on the Nile banks. Ancient Egyptians could discover the natural phenomena laws. As for agricultural processes, they set the agricultural solar chronology that divides the year into its four seasons with great accuracy.

When "King Mena" ruled Upper Egypt, he successfuly united lower and upper Egypt. Mena established a new capital called "Menf" that lies at about 22 km,away from the south of Cairo. That city was known as "the White Wall" up to the 26th century B.C. Later, Egyptians came to call it "Men Nefer", the same name was changed by the Greek to be "Memphis".

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