This is the cairo outskirts the delta chapter from lonely planet's egypt guide book'. '.strtoupper('i')f you want to dig a little deeper into egyptian culture and history, the area surrounding the capital is home to several intriguing and important sites rarely included on typical egypt itinerar ies'. '.strtoupper('t')ake a spin back in time within the ancient old kingdom necropolis of pyramids and intri cately decorated tombs, saqqara maps head down the steep staircase of dahshur, deep into the heart of the red pyramid transport delve into a history far older than the pharaohs at wadi al hittan, amid the whale fossils scattered across the orange hued desert sands restaurants accommodation coverage includes desert environs, saqqara, memphis dahshur, al fayoum, wadi natrun, the nile delta, birqash camel market, qanater nile barrages, tanta, zagazig bubastis, tanis.