Tag: Cairo
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The Citadel – Overlooking the City of 1000 Minarets
We returned to Cairo and visited the Citadel, which we had seen many a time while driving around the city. It was built in 1170 CE to defend against the Crusaders by Saladin (a Kurd). There was a second citadel on Pharaoh’s Island. Other rulers also ruled from the citadel; there are 9 mosques in…
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Old Cairo
Our last afternoon in Cairo, we took a tour of Old Cairo, where there are lots of historic sites and the Khan el-Khalili Bazaar. The bazaar was our first stop, with lunch at the Naguib Mahfouz Coffee Shop (I am finding out that it’s namesake won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988!) it has…
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First impressions of Cairo
We flew in and could see the pyramids from the sky. They appear to be on the edge of a desert, with Cory going pretty close to them. It’s green and then it’s brown, a distinct line between fertility and desert. The Nile isn’t as big as what I guess I expected. I loved by…
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Cairo, IL and more
Mound City National Cemetery The Mound City National Cemetery was one of the first national cemeteries in 1864. Both Union and 47 POW Confederate soldiers that died in the nearby hospital are buried there, along with many others. The POWs have headstones with gabled or pointed tops to indicate them. The cemetery serves 1.6 million…