Excavation work near Old Cairo's northern gate in the Gamaliya district could have revealed a segment of the original Fatimid wall. Antiquities minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online that if ...
Bowl, Probably Cairo, Egypt; 1050–1100, Fritware, lustre-painted on opaque white glaze Copyright © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Bowl, Egypt, ca. 1000 ...
The Fatimid caliphs : rise and fall / Farhad Daftary -- The Fatimid dream of a new Cairo : dynastic patronage and its imprint on the architectural setting / Doris Behrens-Abouseif -- On Fatimid ...
In the desert, an oasis is akin to paradise and in the sands of Egypt, many of history's greatest gardens flowered on the banks of the Nile. But in Cairo, a city of 16 million people that has ...
This sprawling neighborhood in Cairo encompasses a labyrinth of twisting alleyways and a spattering of awe-inspiring architecture. The atmosphere here will take some getting used to: The streets are ...
RIYADH (Reuters Life!) - History never really dies, at least not in the Middle East. Sign up here. The Fatimid caliphate, a medieval Arab Islamic empire based in Cairo, has been at the center of a ...