Landmarks & Culture

Landmarks of Borg El Arab

From a Ptolemaic town dedicated to Osiris to a funerary tower in the shape of the Pharos of Alexandria: the markaz’s landmarks on the Abu Sir coast.

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Antiquity

The New Kingdom – 7th century AD

On the Abu Sir ridge between the lake and the sea, Plinthine was lived in from the New Kingdom at least, and in the 3rd century BC Ptolemy II founded Taposiris Magna and dedicated it to Osiris.

Antiquities · Abu SirKom el-Nugus (Plinthine)From the New Kingdom at least, faded away in the 1st century ADA horseshoe-shaped mound east of Taposiris, thought to be ancient Plinthine: lived in since the New Kingdom at least, and a place whose life was bound to its vineyards.
Antiquities · Abu SirTemple of Osiris at Taposiris Magna3rd century BC; the standing walls 1st century BCThe Temple of Osiris in the ancient town of Taposiris Magna, in the village of Abu Sir, about 45 km west of Alexandria: a town of the 3rd century BC, whose temple walls standing today date to the 1st century BC. The site is not yet formally open to visitors.
Antiquities · Abu SirTower of Abu SirThe Hellenistic period, according to IFAOA stone tower on the ridge east of the Taposiris temple, long called a lighthouse, which the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology describes as a funerary monument of the Hellenistic period imitating the Pharos of Alexandria.

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National government complaints line	16528
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Child helpline	16000
Police	122
Ambulance	123
Fire service	180
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