Lower Egypt

File:Dahshur banner Bent Pyramid - The eroded Black Pyramid (left, background) and the Bent Pyramid (right) at the isolated desert site of Dahshur, near Saqqara Lower Egypt (Arabic: دلتا مصر‎ Egyptian Arabic phrasebook|delta màSr) is an extensive region of Egypt containing the Nile Delta, Cairo, Alexandria, and the pyramid fields near Cairo. In ancient times, Lower Egypt was known as Ta-mehu which means Land of Papyrus.

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Cities

Cairo — firmly attached to the past and home to a vibrant modern society
Alexandria — a faded shade of its former glorious cosmopolitan self, but still worth a visit
Dumyat
Fayum — the forgotten gem of Egypt
Mansoura
Port Said
Tanta
Zagazig

Abusir — seven pyramids in a compact necropolis, which is one of the most isolated in the nation
Dahshur — earliest pyramids in wide open desert
El Alamein
Marsa Matruh
Memphis (Egypt) | Memphis
Saqqara — an extensive number of pyramids and tombs on a plateau above the Nile Valley
Tell Basta — archaeological site
Whale Valley (Wadi El Hitan) — a UNESCO World Heritage Site with its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale and the archaeoceti (a now extinct sub-order of whales)

Middle Egypt — the area along the Nile where the historical Upper and Lower kingdoms met
Western Desert — location of the Western Oases: five pockets of green, each with their own unique attractions
Red Sea Coast — luxury beach resorts, diving and marine life
Sinai — rugged and isolated peninsula, with fascinating relics of the past, high mountains and great scuba diving