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Memphis

TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 128 attractions in Cairo
Traveller Description: The site of the early capital of Egypt has rock tombs and some statues.
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Attraction type: Ancient ruins
Address: Cairo
Egypt

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4 Aug 2008

We went to the Memphis as part of our guided tour with Rasha. The museum has quite a few large statues of Ramses. An alabaster Sphinx (2nd largest in Egypt) of an unknown pharaoh. The highlight being the enormous statue of Ramses the Great. The detail on this masterpiece is amazing. more

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4 of 5 stars
Cape Town, South Africa
31 Mar 2006
6/6 found this review helpful

On our first day in Cairo, our tour guide took us to see Saqqara, Memphis, Giza (Pyramids and Sphinx). In between, he took us to a papyrus shop and a perfume shop. Memphis used to be the capital of Egypt and it houses many cool artefacts and statues. It is here where you will see a massive sarcophagus of Ramses... more

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