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Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Cairo is a city of 15 million people with a long and varied history. |
1986 |
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Cairo |
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Cairo is the largest city on the Nile, the world's longest river. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Tahrir Square is the hub of Cairo. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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One of the main streets of Cairo. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Cairo is a city of mosques of many styles and ages. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Carved mansion in the old city. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Making fezes. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Metalware shop. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Nargile (hookah) pipes. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Building in the old city. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Delivery of paraffin in central Cairo. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Street scene. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Cairo is a city of many mosques. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Stone carving in the Mosque of Sultan Mu'Ayyad Shaykh (1420). |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Azhar Mosque |
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The al-Azhar Mosque dates from 972 and is the site of the world's oldest university (988). |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Azhar Mosque |
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Detail of the stonework. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Azhar Mosque |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel06321.jpg) |
The courtyard. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Qalawyn Mosque |
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The Sultan Qalawyn Mosque was built in 1285. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Qalawyn Mosque |
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The mosque was used as a lunatic asylum until 1850. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel36261.jpg) |
The courtyard. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
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A visiting family. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Siheimi House |
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The House of Siheimi in a narrow street. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Siheimi House |
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The house dates from the Ottoman period and was used till 1961. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Siheimi House |
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The interior. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The mosque is Shia. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The minaret. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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The mithrab. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque |
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A group of Shi'ite Muslims at a wedding. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Street scene between the Sultan Hasan and al-Rifa mosques. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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The Sultan Hasan Mosque (1360) is one of the largest in the world. Its walls are 36m high. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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Mameluke stonework in the mosque. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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Decorated doorway. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Sultan Hasan Mosque |
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Black and white stonework. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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The al-Rifa Mosque contains a number of tombs including the last Shah of Iran. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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The entrance portal. |
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Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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Interior. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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The carved and decorated mimbar. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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Decorated stone work. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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Patterns of light. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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Wooden ceiling. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
![](images/travel/thumbs/t_travel36273.jpg) |
Hellenic style columns. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Rifa Mosque |
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Intricate wall decoration. |
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Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Zuneiba Gate dates from 1092 and is the entrance to the old city. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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The Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque is the largest in Cairo and dates from 879. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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View of the domed fountain and the minaret. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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Interior stone carvings. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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Columns and arches. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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The courtyard. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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The domed fountain is 20m high. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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The 40m high spiral minaret is Iraqi style. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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View from the minaret. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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View over the mosque. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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Bridge over a moat. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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View from the spiral minaret. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque |
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View of the old city from the minaret. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Church of the Virgin |
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The 7th century Coptic Church of the Virgin built over a Roman bastion in Cairo. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Church of the Virgin |
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The interior of the church. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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The Coptic Museum is set in a beautiful mansion. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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Marble carvings. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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Mosaic fountain. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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Fragments of the 4th century apocryphal Gospel of Thomas. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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Mosaics. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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Stained glass window. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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Collection of icons. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Coptic Museum |
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Orthodox Christian icon. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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The Church of St George is Greek Orthodox and was built in the 10th century from a Roman bastion. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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The walls of Cairo were built by Saladin. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Facade of the Sultan Qalawyn Mosque (1285), named after a slave who became a sultan. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
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Market outside the al-Hakem Mosque. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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al-Hakem Mosque |
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The mosque was completed in 1013 and is popular with Shi'ite Indians. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
The Nile |
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The banks of the Nile. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
The Nile |
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The Nile is one of the world's great rivers. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
The Nile |
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Boats by the Nile. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
The Nile |
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Irrigation. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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The Imbaba camel market. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Camel herder. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Camels. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Donkeys. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Men smoking a hookah pipe. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Rope and rubber buckets. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Goats. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Group of men. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Two women. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Children in the market. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Goats and a boy. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Van with donkeys. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Sugar cane. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
Imbaba |
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Imbaba has a fruit and vegetable market. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Amir ibn al-as |
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The Mosque of Amir ibn al-as is the oldest in Africa, founded in 641. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Amir ibn al-as |
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Entrance to the mosque. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The mosque dates from 1338. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The courtyard. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
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Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed |
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The interior. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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The City of the Dead is a 3.5 square kilometre area of tombs and cemetaries that is inhabited. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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Street scene among the tombs, many of which have been converted to houses. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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Carved dome. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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The area was once the Greek city of Heliopolis. |
1986 |
Egypt |
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Cairo |
City of the Dead |
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The city has streets and houses. |
1986 |