Ibn Tulun Mosque is a rare example, where Europeans openly admitted its influence on the development of many features of their architecture, Elements such as the pointed arch, the pier, and wall battlements formed the essential ingredients of the birth of Gothic architecture, which led Europe to
Located at the eastern end of Ramses Station, this newly renovated museum is heaven for railway geeks and model-building hobbyists. While the prize of the collection is undoubtedly the locomotive built for Empress Eugenie on the occasion of the opening of the Suez Canal, the museum as a whole
Not long ago, that child sat in her classroom listening to the stories of the Egyptians of old, and how they created the most powerful civilization known to humanity. The images of the pyramids and the sphinx were devoured, and in the evening dreaming of the legends of the great Kings, the temples
will find it hard to believe that not that long ago, It was Cairo – a mere 160 years back in time – the area was cultivated land reclaimed in the 1850s over the rubbish dumps separating the old Ottoman city from the Nile, Buildings of European character appeared, such as Metro, Radio,
Egyptians hustle to the shops of kunafa and Qatayef as soon as the first days of the month of Ramadan begin. Those desserts that are of the most important rituals and customs associated with this holy month. They became an integral part of it, and despite the succession of generations in Egypt
