Landmarks & Culture

Landmarks of East District

From Ptolemaic tombs cut into the rock to the palaces and gardens of the Mohamed Ali dynasty: the district’s landmarks between Sidi Gaber and El Raml.

A journey through time On the map

8 landmarks4 eras

All qisms8
Sidi Gaber5
Raml I3

All kinds
Antiquities1
Museums2
Places of worship1
Squares & streets1
Arts & culture1
Parks & gardens2

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Ancient Alexandria

331 BC – 7th century AD

At Rushdy four Ptolemaic tombs were cut in the rock in the late 3rd and early 2nd centuries BC; among the city’s cemeteries, only Shatby is thought older.

Antiquities · Sidi GaberMustafa Kamel NecropolisLate 3rd to early 2nd century BC, found in 1933–1934Four Ptolemaic tombs cut in the rock, from the late 3rd and early 2nd centuries BC, found by chance in 1933–1934.

Emergency and hotline numbers
National government complaints line	16528
Alexandria Governorate operations room (from a landline)	114
Child helpline	16000
Police	122
Ambulance	123
Fire service	180
Gas emergency	129
Electricity faults	121