Badrashin البدرشين | |
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_-_TIMEA.jpg) 1878 illustration of Badrashin | |
  Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates:29°51′07″N31°16′34″E / 29.852°N 31.276°E /29.852; 31.276 | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Giza |
| Founded | c. 3000 BCE |
| Population | |
• Total | 90,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
Badrashin (Arabic:البدرشين) is acity, and capital of the eponymous markaz (county), inGiza Governorate,Egypt.[1]
Badrashin County is the site ofAncient Egypt's royal capital,Men-nefer (Memphis). While much of the actual city is now buried under modern villages, its royal tombs and pyramids, theMemphite Necropolis, is listed as a UNESCO world heritage site.
The city is home to the oldest Egyptian monuments. In the village ofAbusir, the oldest-knownpyramids can be found. These pyramids are of the sun temples. The village ofSaqqara hosts the first stone building in history, the pyramid of KingDjoser andamphitheatre.[2]
The pyramids ofDahshur, such as the pyramid of Snefru, are the first complete pyramids known to history.[3] The pyramid ofAmenemhat II, pyramid ofAmenemhat III, and many temples, such as the Temple of KingRamesses II, in which his statue was discovered, were transferred to Bab Al-Hadid Square. Ramesses is in the heart ofCairo and was then moved to the shooting range at the entrance to the pyramids.[4] The village ofAziziyah is the prison whereJoseph was incarcerated. The city has the oldest bridge in Egypt, El Maraziq bridge.[citation needed]
Badrashin is 30 km southwest ofCairo on the west bank of theNile river.[citation needed]
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The city is surrounded by villages and irrigated land. It produces a third of Egypt'sdates.
Badrashin is the second largest producer of furniture in Egypt afterDamietta. Other industries include: oil, soap-making, rug-making, textiles, yacht-building and furniture-making.
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