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      • Abydos & Dendera
      • Karnak Temple
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      • Luxor Holidays – 3 night package deal
      • Luxor & Aswan
      • West Bank Tour – Valley of Kings etc.Expand
        • Medinet Habu: The Pharaoh’s Bargain with Chaos
    • TOURS IN CAIRO with Mara HouseExpand
      • Abdeen Palace
      • Antiquities Museum at Tahrir Sq.
      • Cairo Basic Tour – 3 Nights
      • Coptic Cairo, Cave Church & Garbage City
      • Gayer Anderson Houses
      • Giza Plateau
      • Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
      • Gt. Pyramid, Sphinx – PRIVATE VISITS
      • Ibn Tulun Medieval Mosque
      • Islamic Museum
      • Medieval Cairo
      • Saladin Citadel, Sultan Hassan and Rifaii Mosques
      • Saqqara 7-Step Pyramid & Serapeum
    • SMALL GROUP TOURS WITH MARAExpand
      • Family Tour of Egypt – A Child’s Eye View of Ancient Egypt
      • Egypt Tour with Mara – A Journey Beyond the Ordinary
      • Sacred Journey of Remembering Along Egypt’s Chakras
    • First-Time in Egypt? Here’s the Perfect 7-Day Itinerary for You
    • Egypt – 9 nights incl Nile Cruise
    • 2027 Solar Eclipse Package – 11 nights
    • Insider Advice – Hidden Pitfalls in Tour Websites
  • EGYPT HISTORY & CULTUREExpand
    • Egyptian Rulers & Legends
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    • Gods of Egypt
    • Muhammad Ali Dynasty
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Cairo History & Heritage

The spiral minaret of the Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo, with the legendary quote 'Build me a mosque that, if Egypt burns, will remain standing' inscribed upon it.
Egyptian History & Culture

Ahmed Ibn Tulun – The Slave-Soldier Who Dreamed of a Dynasty

ByMara 01/08/202524/08/2025

Meet the man who founded Egypt’s oldest mosque still in use—an outsider who built power through strategy, vision, and a hill once feared as cursed.

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Egypt: History, Culture, Legends, Stories – Bringing the Past to Life

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The Day the Mountain Moved
Egyptian History & Culture

The Day the Mountain Moved

ByMara 22/07/202512/09/2025

Discover the story of Simon the Tanner, the Coptic miracle of Moqattam Mountain, and Cairo’s Cave Church—where faith once moved a mountain.

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Abbas Helmi I: The Isolated Prince: Passion, Power, and a Palace of Shadows
Egyptian History & Culture

Abbas Helmi I: The Isolated Prince: Passion, Power, and a Palace of Shadows

ByMara 14/07/202518/08/2025

Abbas Helmi I: reclusive ruler, passionate horse breeder, and the last to resist European control in modern Egypt.

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Sword of the Dynasty: The Life of Ibrahim Pasha
Egyptian History & Culture

Sword of the Dynasty: The Life of Ibrahim Pasha

ByMara 13/07/202518/08/2025

Ibrahim Pasha: warrior, reformer, and heir to empire—his ambition shaped Egypt’s fate and challenged the Ottoman throne.

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Muhammad Ali Pasha: Builder of a Modern Nation
Egyptian History & Culture

Muhammad Ali Pasha: Builder of a Modern Nation

ByMara 28/06/202518/08/2025

How Muhammad Ali built modern Egypt—army, schools, economy—and shaped a legacy every ruler followed

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Muhammad Ali Pasha: The Boy from Kavala Who Would Build a Dynasty
Egyptian History & Culture

Muhammad Ali Pasha: The Boy from Kavala Who Would Build a Dynasty

ByMara 23/06/202518/08/2025

From Kavala to Cairo: exploring Muhammad Ali’s rise, legacy, and the echoes of ancestry across generations.

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Neslishah – The Silent Warrior Princess
Egyptian History & Culture

Neslishah – The Silent Warrior Princess

ByMara 03/10/202418/08/2025

Neslishah Sultan: The last Ottoman princess who bridged empires, survived exile, and embodied royal resilience.

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Egypt’s Royal Family: Faces Long Forgotten, Stories Yet Untold
Egyptian History & Culture

Egypt’s Royal Family: Faces Long Forgotten, Stories Yet Untold

ByMara 07/09/202418/08/2025

Egypt’s lost royal legacy at Mara House Luxor, where forgotten faces of the Muhammad Ali dynasty come to life in an intimate photo collection that connects the past to the present.

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Gayer Anderson in British Army Officer Uniform
Egyptian History & Culture

Gayer Anderson Pasha: From Ireland to Egypt

ByMara 05/10/202318/08/2025

Gayer Anderson Pasha: A Remarkable Tale of Survival, Serendipity, and Legacy – Discover the Extraordinary Life Behind the Enigmatic House – a Cairo gem.

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Queen Nazli of Egypt: her story, part III
Egyptian History & Culture

Queen Nazli of Egypt: her story, part III

ByMara 27/09/202318/08/2025

Queen Nazli’s medical treatments, a daughter’s forbidden love, financial struggles, and the tragic events that shaped her final years.

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Queen Nazli of Egypt: her story, part II
Egyptian History & Culture

Queen Nazli of Egypt: her story, part II

ByMara 26/09/202318/08/2025

Queen Nazli part II, the royal harem, Queen of Egypt, her children, Secrets and Sorrows. Death of her husband King Fouad and finally some freedom to love.

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Queen Nazli of Egypt: her story
Egyptian History & Culture

Queen Nazli of Egypt: her story

ByMara 25/09/202318/08/2025

Queen Nazli’s illustrious ancestors, her early years, follow the journeys of her siblings. Uncover the mysteries and rich history of her family’s heritage.

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Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza?
Egyptian History & Culture

Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza?

ByMara 19/09/202307/09/2025

An alternative theory on the Great Pyramid’s construction as told by Thoth the Athlantean, the Egyptian god of wisdom and Keeper of the Records

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Painting of Thoth the Atlantean, depicted with ibis head, wearing striped headdress, holding ankh and scepter on golden background
Egyptian History & Culture

Thoth – Why he built the Great Pyramid of Giza

ByMara 19/09/202303/09/2025

Journey with Thoth from Atlantis to Egypt, unlocking the secrets of the Great Temple, the Children of Light, and the Great Pyramid.

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Suleiman al Faransawi – Joseph Anthelme Seve
Egyptian History & Culture

Suleiman al Faransawi – Joseph Anthelme Seve

ByMara 25/08/202318/08/2025

Suleiman al-Faransawi, from soldier of France to military commander of Muhammad Ali, architect of Egypt’s model Army and great-grandfather of Queen Nazli

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Amina Hanim
Egyptian History & Culture

Amina Hanim

ByMara 07/08/202318/08/2025

Amina Hanim’s story of love, political intrigue, and ambition in the Ottoman Empire from the town of Kavala to the palace within the Citadel at Cairo

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Shajar Al-Durr – Sultana of Egypt
Egyptian History & Culture

Shajar Al-Durr – Sultana of Egypt

ByMara 03/08/202318/08/2025

Shajar al-Durr, who rose from slavery to become the first female Muslim ruler of Egypt. a riveting story of power, diplomacy, and intrigue in medieval Cairo

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A view down a long interior arcade at Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo, with rows of pointed arches receding into the distance over a faded green carpet.

IBN TULUN MOSQUE – History, Legends & Hidden Treasures

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Famous by Birth – Mohamed Ali Dynasty – Egypt
Egyptian History & Culture

Famous by Birth – Mohamed Ali Dynasty – Egypt

ByMara 18/10/201918/08/2025

We are born, we live, and we die.  So what?  The first we have little control over.  The second is something we are supposed to have some control over, to varying degrees. The last one, we once again have little or no control over.  My question today has to do with what comes after all…

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      • Luxor Holidays – 3 night package deal
      • Luxor & Aswan
      • West Bank Tour – Valley of Kings etc.
        • Medinet Habu: The Pharaoh’s Bargain with Chaos
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      • Antiquities Museum at Tahrir Sq.
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      • Sacred Journey of Remembering Along Egypt’s Chakras
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    • 2027 Solar Eclipse Package – 11 nights
    • Insider Advice – Hidden Pitfalls in Tour Websites
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  • HOME: EGYPT TRAVEL ADVICE from Mara
  • MARA HOUSE LUXOR
    • Luxor Holidays – 3 night package deal
    • The Salahadeen Feast
    • Compare Mara House to 3 Top Tour Companies
    • Guests’ Photo Gallery – Mara House Luxor
    • Mara House Luxor – Hotel Gallery
    • Guest Book
  • TOUR EGYPT WITH MARA HOUSE
    • TOURS IN LUXOR
      • Abydos & Dendera
      • Karnak Temple
      • Luxor Temple: The Temple of Man
      • Luxor Holidays – 3 night package deal
      • Luxor & Aswan
      • West Bank Tour – Valley of Kings etc.
        • Medinet Habu: The Pharaoh’s Bargain with Chaos
    • TOURS IN CAIRO with Mara House
      • Abdeen Palace
      • Antiquities Museum at Tahrir Sq.
      • Cairo Basic Tour – 3 Nights
      • Coptic Cairo, Cave Church & Garbage City
      • Gayer Anderson Houses
      • Giza Plateau
      • Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM)
      • Gt. Pyramid, Sphinx – PRIVATE VISITS
      • Ibn Tulun Medieval Mosque
      • Islamic Museum
      • Medieval Cairo
      • Saladin Citadel, Sultan Hassan and Rifaii Mosques
      • Saqqara 7-Step Pyramid & Serapeum
    • SMALL GROUP TOURS WITH MARA
      • Family Tour of Egypt – A Child’s Eye View of Ancient Egypt
      • Egypt Tour with Mara – A Journey Beyond the Ordinary
      • Sacred Journey of Remembering Along Egypt’s Chakras
    • First-Time in Egypt? Here’s the Perfect 7-Day Itinerary for You
    • Egypt – 9 nights incl Nile Cruise
    • 2027 Solar Eclipse Package – 11 nights
    • Insider Advice – Hidden Pitfalls in Tour Websites
  • EGYPT HISTORY & CULTURE
    • Egyptian Rulers & Legends
    • Cairo History & Heritage
    • Luxor History & Heritage
    • Gods of Egypt
    • Muhammad Ali Dynasty
  • Who is Mara?
  • Mara’s Blog
  • Contact Mara