Section 03 of 05
Cairo & the Delta
The living cities and their layered quarters. Everything filed here, in river order where the river applies — with what each place is and how it reads on the ground.
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Cairo's Islamic Quarter on Foot
A thousand years of mosques, gates and lanes in a walkable few kilometres.
al-Muizz Street, Bab al-Futuh, Qalawun Complex, Mosque of Ibn Tulun
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How to Use the Museums
What is where, and how to see the important things without exhaustion.
Tahrir Square, Giza plateau, Bab al-Khalq
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03
Coptic Cairo
Churches, a synagogue and a Roman fort stacked in one small quarter.
Babylon fortress, Hanging Church, Ben Ezra Synagogue, Coptic Museum
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04
Alexandria, Second City
A Mediterranean city with a Greek past and almost no visible ancient remains.
Eastern Harbour, Kom el-Shoqafa, Serapeum, Citadel of Qaitbay