 Archaeological Museum in Mallawī | ||
| Mallawī · ملوي | ||
| Governorate | Minyā | |
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| Residents | 139.929 (2006) | |
| height | 52 m | |
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Mallawī (Arabic:ملوي, Mallawī) is a city with about 140,000 inhabitants[1] in Middle Egypt South from el-Minyā west of the Nile. It is the administrative seat of the district of the same name and the seat of a bishopric.
background
The city of Mallawī is located 42 kilometers south of el-Minyā mainly on the western side of the Ibrāhīmīya Canal.
getting there
In the street
The city can be easily reached by taxi via the trunk road el-Minyā reach out.
By train
Mallawī can be easily reached by train from Cairo or el-Minyā reach out. The 1 Mallawī Railway Station is located on the eastern side of the Ibrāhīmīya Canal.
Express trains from Cairo take a little more than four hours for this route. The train at 07:00 in the morning is the best option. If you no longer have a ticket from Cairo get to Mallawī, ask for a ticket Asyūṭ; the ticket in 2nd class costs LE 25 (as of 3/2004). There are no trains to Cairo in the afternoon, only after 7:00 p.m. and later.
buses
Mallawī can also be reached by Upper Egypt Travel buses from Cairo reach out. The journey time is around six hours. The ticket costs LE 16 (as of 3/2004). At 6:30 p.m. there is another bus to Cairo.
mobility
There are taxis in front of the train station that will take you after you Tell el-āAmārna, to Meir Necropolis and / or after Deir el-Muḥarraq can bring. The cost of a taxi to Meir is around LE 100 (as of 3/2004).
Obviously there is no police protection in Mallawī like in Asyūṭ or el-Minyā.
Tourist Attractions
museum
- 1 Mallawī Archaeological Museum (متحف ملوي, Matḥaf Mallawī), El Galaa St., Mallawi, شارع الجلاء ، ملوي. Tel.: 20 (0)86 263 2061, Mobile: 20 (0)100 662 7575.
The museum, founded in 1963, consists of three halls located on the ground floor. Most of the exhibits on display come from Tūna el-Gebel. In the left, eastern ibis room you can see an ibis mummy, an ibis statue, a ceramic vessel with the gods Isis, Horus and Nephthys as well as a relief depicting a man in front of an ibis. The main room is mainly dedicated to burial finds. Death masks, canopic jugs and a wooden coffin can be left out here Meir, a stone coffin from Tūna el-Gebel, 65 BC And consider a sistrum. The most important pieces include the statue of Maketaton and the double statue of Pepi-Ankh and his wife from Meir. In the third room on the right, western side, mainly statues of gods and priests are shown. The gods depicted include Isis, Osiris and the baboon-shaped god Thoth.Open: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day except Wednesdays.Price: The admission price is LE 40, for foreign students LE 20, photo ticket LE 50 (as of 11/2019).(27 ° 44 ′ 8 ″ N.30 ° 50 ′ 40 ″ E)
Mosques
- 2 El ʿAsqalānī Mosque (مسجد العسقلاني, Masǧid al-ʿAsqalānī). The mosque was built in 1193 AH (1779) erected.(27 ° 43 '53 "N.30 ° 50 '53 "E)
- 3 El Yūsufī Mosque (مسجد اليوسفي, Masǧid al-Yūsufī). The mosque from Ottoman times is located about 120 meters southwest of the el-Asqalānī mosque.(27 ° 43 ′ 50 ″ N.30 ° 50 ′ 51 ″ E)
- 4 Sheikh ʿĪsā mosque (مسجد الشيخ عيسى, Masǧid al-Sheikh sā) (27 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N.30 ° 50 ′ 47 ″ E)
- 5 En Nuṣra Mosque (مسجد النصرة, Masǧid an-Nuṣra, also Sheikh Muḥammad Mosque). The mosque is to the north behind the palace of the Ḥaiyāt en-Nufūs.(27 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N.30 ° 50 '54 "E)
Churches
- 6 Episcopal Church of St. Markus (كنيسة مطرانية مار مرقس, Kanīsa maṭrānīya Mār Marqus). The church, located south of the archaeological museum, belongs to the seat of the archbishop for Mallawī, Ansinnā (Arabic:أنصنا, Antinooupolis) and el-Ashmunein (Hermopolis). The three-aisled domed basilica has three halos (holiest of holies), from the left for Abū Mīnā, St. Mark and the Archangel Michael. The wooden iconostasis bears the cross of Christ and the images of the Last Supper, the twelve apostles and other saints. To the left of the middle Heikal is the bishop's chair. The facade with its two towers as well as the walls and columns of the church are laid out or painted with red-white-black mosaic. The domes have images of Jesus.(27 ° 44 ′ 5 ″ N.30 ° 50 ′ 39 ″ E)
- 7 Church of St. Virgin Mary (كنيسة السيدة العذراء مريم, Kanīsat as-Saiyidat al-ʿAḏrāʾ Maryam) (27 ° 43 '56 "N.30 ° 50 '52 "E)
- 8 Church of St. George (كنيسة الشهيد العظيم مارجرجس, Kanīsat al-ʿAẓīm Mār Girgis) (27 ° 44 ′ 18 ″ N.30 ° 51 ′ 0 ″ E)
- 9 Anglican Church (كنيسة الانجيلية, Kanīsat al-Inǧīlīya) (27 ° 43 '58 "N.30 ° 50 ′ 38 ″ E)
Secular buildings
There are still around 17 palaces in the city that were built by landowners and industrialists at the beginning of the 20th century.
- 10 Palace of ʿAbd el-Migīd Pasha Seif en-Naṣr (قصر عبد المجيد سيف النصر, Qaṣr ʿAbd al-Miǧīd Bāshā Saif an-Naṣr). The U-shaped, two-story palace is surrounded by a garden. He was born in 1333 AH (1914/1915) erected.(27 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N.30 ° 50 '34 "E)
- 11 Palace of the Ḥaiyāt en-Nufūs (قصر حياة النفوس, Qaṣr Ḥaiyāt an-Nufūs), el-Ṣāgha St.. The two-story palace was built at the beginning of the 20th century. The facade is formed by a row of arcades with a balcony above. The balcony parapet consists of wooden ornamental grilles. The palace was demolished around 2017..(27 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N.30 ° 50 ′ 55 ″ E)
- 12 Lūqā house (منزل لوقا, Manzil Lūqā), Amīn er-Rīdī St. The house is in close proximity to the aforementioned. The gate to this three-story house is framed by two pillars and guarded by two lions. The Lūqā family once also provided the embassies in the USA.(27 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N.30 ° 50 '53 "E)
- 13 Fūrtīnīya Palace (قصر فورتينية, Qaṣr Fūrtīnīya). The palace is in the southeast outside the city, east of the new canal bridge, north of the road. The three-storey palace with inner courtyard was built in 1916 by a French engineer for the local sugar factory. The initials AF can be read above the entrance door.(27 ° 42 '58 "N.30 ° 51 '42 "E)
- Palace of the Muḥmmad Bey Wālī (قصر محمد بك والي, Qaṣr Muḥmmad Bek Wālī). The palace, built between 1943 and 1945, is located 6 kilometers from Mallawī in Manschiyat Nasr.
shop
kitchen
accommodation
Accommodation options exist in el-Minyā.
Easy
- Samiramis Hotel, El Ibrahamiya St.. Unclassified hotel with 25 double rooms, restaurant and cafeteria.
- There is also an overnight stay in the Guest house of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
health
- Mallawi General Hospital (Mallawy General Hospital), 26 of July St.. Tel.: 20 (0)86 263 2266, (0)86 263 9098.
trips
From Mallawī, several sites can be found in Middle Egypt such as. Tell el-āAmārna, the Meir Necropolis and Deir el-Muḥarraq visit. In this city there are (from el-Minyā apart from) the only Nile bridge far and wide.
literature
- : The Mallawi Museum in Middle Egypt. In:Kemet: the black country; Egypt; a magazine for friends of Egypt, ISSN0943-5972, Vol.17,3 (2008), Pp. 58-65.
Individual evidence
- ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed November 7, 2014.
