Ain Shams
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Ain, Ayn, or Ein Shams (Arabic: عين شمس, [ʕeːn ʃæms]) is a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. The name means "eye of the sun" in Arabic, with reference to the fact that Ain Shams is built on top of the ancient city of Heliopolis, once the spiritual centre of ancient Egyptian sun-worship.
According to the 10th century Jewish biblical commentator, Saadia Gaon, Ain Shams is the identity of the biblical Egyptian treasure city of Raamses.[1]
See also
- Ain Shams University
- Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University
- St. Mary & St. Abraam Church, Ain Shams
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- Egyptian temple found under Cairo market ABC News, 27 February 2006.
- Parts of King Nakhtanebu I's shrine uncovered in Cairo // Ahram Online, 4 October 2015.
Works cited
- ↑ Saadia Gaon on Exodus 21:37 ("רעמסס: "עין שמס)
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Districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo
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