Sidi Gaber ( ar, سيدي جابر) is a neighbourhood in

Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...

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. The interior section of the neighborhood contains the

Sidi Gaber railway station Sidi Gaber railway station ( ar, محطة قطارات سيدي جابر) is one of two main railway stations in Alexandria, Egypt. It was constructed in the 1850s and is the oldest train station in Egypt.http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/130 ...

, the main rail entry point to Alexandria for most travelers. The station is one of the oldest in Egypt, having served the eastern regions of the city before their transformation into major urban districts (they had previously been summer resorts for foreigners and wealthy and middle-class Cairenes). , the station is undergoing expansion, with the intent to turn old parts of the station into a railway museum, and include space for commerce in the newer sections.

Archaeology

In July 2018, archaeologists led by Zeinab Hashish announced the discovery of a 2.000-year-old 30-ton black granite

sarcophagus A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...

. It contained three damaged skeletons in red-brown sewage water. According to archaeologist Mostafa Waziri, the skeletons looked like a family burial with a middle-aged woman and two men. Researchers also revealed a small gold artifact and three thin sheets of gold.

Military

The Sidi Gaber neighbourhood hosts the headquarters of the Northern Military Region of the Egyptian Army and the

Armed Forces Hospital in Alexandria Armed (May, 1941–1964) was an American Thoroughbred gelding race horse who was the American Horse of the Year in 1947 and Champion Older Male Horse in both 1946 and 1947. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame ...

Politics

The death of Khaled Saeed which triggered the

2011 Egyptian Revolution The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...

took place in Sidi Gaber Police station. Many protests took place in the area before the revolution and were dealt with brutally by the police.

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Archaeology

Military

Politics

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