Trip Middle East

Egypt and Israel

By:Marco, Non, Putter

Israel / Palestine & Egypt

Places
Jerusalem (Why is this city sacred to three different religions?)
Temple Mount and The Western Wall (Wailing Wall)
Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
Via Dolorosa
Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque
Tel Aviv, Cairo The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, The Pyramids of Giza
Events
Creation of Israel / The Catastrophe (al-nakba)
23 July Revolution (The 1952 Egyptian Revolution)
The Six-Day War
People Gamal Abdel Nasser, Yitzhak Rabin

Relation between Egypt and Israel

Where should we go at Egypt ?

The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities

-the world's broadest collection of pharaonic antiquities
-The original collection was created in the late 19th century under Auguste Mariette and located in Boulaq
-approximately 160,000 objects from 5,000 years of Egypts history
-1st floor is a collection
-2nd floor is grouped by a tomb or category.

The Pyramids of Giza

-Three 4th-dynasty
-Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure

Great Pyramid of Giza

-Largest of three
-using around 2,300,000 limestone blocks, each weighing an average of 2.5 tons
-3 burial chamber
-The Great Sphinx facial features of a man but the body of a lion.

Three Chambers
-Underground Chamber - carved into bedrock
-Queens Chamber - not keep Khufus wives
-Kings Chamber - red granite sarcophagus at the center

Gamal Abdel Nasser

He was the second was the second President of Egypt from1956 until
his death in 1970.
He played the big part in Suez Crisis in 1956
he retained important position in the military and in the political scene
of Egypt.

He was solely responsible for the overthrowing of the monarchy and

the establishment of the new government.

Furthermore, major socialist measures, economic and industrial

growth in Egypt also occurred during his Presidency.

He was the leader of23 July Revolution (The 1952 Egyptian

Revolution)

23 July Revolution (The 1952 Egyptian Revolution)

The end of Muhammad Ali Dynasty

Change the way they rule the country of
Egypt
End of British occupation of Egypt.

Become modern Egypt like today.

What about Israel ?

Tel Aviv
-Capital city of Israel
-Tel Aviv was founded in 1909.

Western Wall (Wailing Wall)

-Construction 832 BCE
- Memorial of Solomons Temple
- Destroy 2 times by Babylonian and Roman Empire

Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial

-Memorial from World War II
-Founded in 1953
The Hall of Names at Yad Yashem is the Jewish Peoples memorial to each and
every Jew who died in Holocaust.

Via Dolorosa
-The road that Jesus walked from the place of Pontius Pilates sentencing to
Golgotha.
- Its means the Way of sorrow.

Dome of the Rock

-Most famous place in Jerusalem.
- Important place for the Muslim

Yitzhak Rabin

The fifth prime minister of Israel.

He was the Military leader
He was the ambassador in US
He won the nobel peace prize in 1994
He was killed by assassination in Tel
Aviv 1995

Creation of Israel / The Catastrophe (al-nakba)

Catastrophe means Disaster

The war between Palestine and
Israel
Cause a lots of troubles.
UNs plan didnt work out
During the 1948 Palestine War, an
estimated 700,000 Palestinians
fled or were expelled, and
hundreds of Palestinian towns and
villages were depopulated and
destroyed.

The Six day war

The six day war also known as June war

The war is from 5-10 June 1967
This is the war between United Arab Republic or
UAR which have Egypt, Jordan, and other Arab
countries fight against Israel.
This war also cause a lots of refugees.

References
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http://www.famous-historic-buildings.org.uk/eygpt_8.html
http://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions/israel-isr.htm
http://www.sca-egypt.org/eng/mus_egyptian_museum.htm
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/khufu.html
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Pyramids-of-Giza
http://discoveringegypt.com/pyramids-temples-of-egypt/pyramids-of-giza/
http://goisrael.com/Tourism_Eng/Tourist%20Information/Christian%20Themes/Details/Pages/Via%2
0Dolorosa%20%20%20chr.aspx
http://domeoftherock.net/
http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-via-dolorosa
http://english.thekotel.org/content.asp?id=212
http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/gamal-abdel-nasser-45.php

http://lostislamichistory.com/the-nakba-the-palestinian-catastrophe-of-1948/

References (cont.)