El Matareya
El Matareya (also spelled al-Matariyya, al-Matariyyah or Mataria) may refer to: *El Matareya, Cairo El Matareya ( ) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. The district is unrelated to the coastal town in the Dakahlia Governorate, that is also named El Matareya, Dakahlia, El Matareya. The district holds the ruins of the ancient Egyp ... * El Matareya, Dakahlia {{dab ...
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El Matareya, Cairo
El Matareya ( ) is a district in the Eastern Area of Cairo, Egypt. The district is unrelated to the coastal town in the Dakahlia Governorate, that is also named El Matareya, Dakahlia, El Matareya. The district holds the ruins of the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis (Ancient Egypt), Heliopolis, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt. Name The name, El Matareya, is thought to come from the Latin word '':wikt:mater#Latin, Mater'' which means 'mother', and is from the presence of the 'tree of the Virgin Mary' in this district. History El Matareya, with the nearby Ain Shams district, had a notable history during Egypt's Ancient Egypt, Pharaonic period as a part of ancient Heliopolis. The district has archaeological sites of the period, some only recently discovered, beneath its current structures.
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