Ain Shams

Shalhoub Street (2007)

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]

Ain shams one of the oldest districts in Cairo and had a lot of historical sites.

See also

• Ain Shams University
• St. Mary & St. Abraam Church, Ain Shams

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ain Shams.

• 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

1. ↑ Saadia Gaon on Exodus 21:37 ("רעמסס: "עין שמס)

Districts and suburbs of Greater Cairo Cairo Governorate Abbassia Ain Shams Azbakeya Bulaq Daher El-Manial El-Marg Helwan 15 May Mokattam City of the Dead Manshiyat Naser Nasr City El-Quba Rhoda El-Sakakini Shobra Shobra neighborhood Elsahel Road El Farag Zeitoun Historical Coptic Cairo Downtown Cairo Faggala Fustat Islamic Cairo Mataria Old Cairo Affluent Garden City Heliopolis Maadi Sheraton Zamalek Newly planned Badr Madinaty New Cairo el Banafseg Yasmin el Tagamoa el Khames Rehab Sehraya New Heliopolis Shorouk Giza Governorate Giza Agouza el Warraq Feisal Giza (district) Haram Imbaba Historical Kerdasa Affluent Dokki Mohandessin Newly planned 6 October City Dreamland Palm Hills Sheikh Zayed Qalyubia Governorate Shubra El-Kheima Newly planned Obour

Coordinates: 30°07′46.3″N 31°17′20″E / 30.129528°N 31.28889°E / 30.129528; 31.28889