Helwan
Helwan (Arabic حلوان, DMG Helwan, sweet fountain '), also spelled Helwan, an industrial town in Egypt, about 25 km south of Cairo or Maadi is located between the Mokattam hills on the banks of the Nile. It has about 643 327 inhabitants ( 2006) and was on April 18, 2008 to April 14, 2011 temporary capital of the eponymous Gouvernments. You can still apply as a suburb of Cairo.
History
Until the early 20th century, Helwan was a health resort with spas, there are, among other sulphurous thermal springs. Today heavy industries dominate the cityscape, especially iron and Stahlverhüttung and textile and cement production, and a large power station. But the carmaker El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company, which is one of the largest in the country, has his seat a rail and road bridge over the Nile connecting Helwan with Sakkara. The city has since 26 July 1975 on the Helwan University, which has been substantially funded by German development aid and its predecessor the Operations School was, as well as an astronomical observatory at the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics.
Archaeological sites
The area around Helwan is of archaeological interest as ägyptologischem. Not far from the city, the oldest tombs of Egypt were found, probably a total of about 10,000 burials in large part from the pre-dynastic era and the early period ( 3300-2700 BC). In the tombs, even the earliest royal names and countless Gefäßritzungen have been discovered that show anonymous Serechs. In addition mastabas were excavated from the second, third and fourth dynasty, reveal the various advancements in construction. Noteworthy are the dog burials of the graves 667.H5 and 680.H5.