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EXCURSIONS
IN THE ENVIRONS OF CAIRO.
In the immediate vicinity of Cairo are found the
ruins of two equally famous cities, Heliopolis
and Memphis. The former is situated to the
north-east of Cairo, on the right bank of the
Nile, and the latter to the south-west, on the left
bank.
The ruins of Heliopolis consist only of an
immense enclosure, in the centre of which
stands an obelisk. The ruins of Memphis com-
prise, besides the town properly so called, of
which the remains are seen at Mitrahyneh, two
vast cemeteries, namely the Pyramids and
Sakkarah.
Heliopolis, the Pyramids, Mitrahyneh, and
Sakkarah, these then are the four localities of
which we will give the description in this first
chapter.
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IN THE ENVIRONS OF CAIRO.
In the immediate vicinity of Cairo are found the
ruins of two equally famous cities, Heliopolis
and Memphis. The former is situated to the
north-east of Cairo, on the right bank of the
Nile, and the latter to the south-west, on the left
bank.
The ruins of Heliopolis consist only of an
immense enclosure, in the centre of which
stands an obelisk. The ruins of Memphis com-
prise, besides the town properly so called, of
which the remains are seen at Mitrahyneh, two
vast cemeteries, namely the Pyramids and
Sakkarah.
Heliopolis, the Pyramids, Mitrahyneh, and
Sakkarah, these then are the four localities of
which we will give the description in this first
chapter.
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