Open Air Museum in Memphis

Memphis is the oldest city in Egypt, a major administrative center of antiquity. In the 3rd millennium BC, the capital of the Ancient Kingdom was located here. Now this place is a kind of open-air museum.

In Memphis, excavations are still underway, but they are hampered by the close deposit of groundwater and the fact that part of the territory of the ancient city is under private palm groves. Entire buildings in the city are almost not preserved - to this day the city has come completely covered with silt.

In Memphis you can see the famous colossus of Pharaoh Ramses II, reaching 10 meters in height, a large alabaster table, where sacred bulls were embalmed dedicated to the god Apis, an alabaster sphinx weighing 10 tons.

Also here you can see granite tombstones, the remains of ancient temples and granite statues of the pharaohs.

The museum is open daily and entrance is paid.