In Al Minufiyah Al Minya governorate most attention deserves the capital city of El Minya, and just for a short trip small town of Al-Qusiya has some interesting things to see as well. Minya is called the 'Bride of Upper Egypt' due to its location which is roughly at the border of Upper and Lower Egypt. It lies to the south of Cairo and is a centre for the manufacture of soap, perfume and sugar processing. It is also the provincial capital. Once a cotton centre, there are some fine houses here, though not very old, which housed the Greek and Egyptian cotton barons, but now house government offices. About four miles outside town is a Muslim and Christian cemetery called Zawiyyet al-Mayyiteen (Place of the Dead), which is said to be one of the largest cemeteries in the world. Other sights to see include the El-Umra Mosque, which is the town's oldest and the El-Lamati Mosque. A small town of Al-Qusiya, originally settled in the Old Kingdom, was the ancient City of Cusae. It was the capital of the Fourteenth Nome of Upper Egypt, where Hathor, who became the Greek goddess Aphrodite Urania, was worshipped. The main interest here is the Deir al-Muharraq (the Burnt Monastery), which is about 5 miles southwest of town, and about 4 miles west of that, the Tombs of Mir.