Lower Egypt (Arabic: دلتا مصر‎ delta màSr) is an extensive region of Egypt containing the Nile Delta, Cairo, Alexandria, and the pyramid fields near Cairo. In ancient times, Lower Egypt was known as Ta-mehu which means Land of Papyrus.

Cities

• 1 Cairo — firmly attached to the past and home to a vibrant modern society
• 2 Alexandria — a faded shade of its former glorious cosmopolitan self, but still worth a visit
• 3 Damanhur
• 4 Dumyat
• 5 Fayum — the forgotten gem of Egypt
• 6 Ismailia
• 7 Mansoura
• 8 New Administrative Capital — Yet unnamed, purpose-built new capital
• 9 Port Said
• 10 Tanta
• 11 Zagazig

Other destinations

• 1 Abusir — seven pyramids in a compact necropolis, which is one of the most isolated in the country
• 2 Dahshur — earliest pyramids in wide open desert
• 3 El Alamein
• 4 Marsa Matruh
• 5 Memphis
• 6 Saqqara — an extensive number of pyramids and tombs on a plateau above the Nile Valley
• 7 Tell Basta — archaeological site
• 8 Whale Valley (Wadi El Hitan) — a UNESCO World Heritage Site with its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale, the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales)

Go next

• Middle Egypt — the area along the Nile where the historical Upper and Lower kingdoms met
• Western Desert — location of the Western Oases: five pockets of green, each with their own unique attractions
• Red Sea Coast — luxury beach resorts, diving and marine life
• Sinai — rugged and isolated peninsula, with fascinating relics of the past, high mountains and great scuba diving