| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
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Cairo is a city of 15 million people with a long and varied history.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Cairo is the largest city on the Nile, the world's longest river.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Tahrir Square is the hub of Cairo.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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One of the main streets of Cairo.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Cairo is a city of mosques of many styles and ages.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Carved mansion in the old city.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Making fezes.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Metalware shop.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Nargile (hookah) pipes.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Building in the old city.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Delivery of paraffin in central Cairo.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Street scene.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Cairo is a city of many mosques.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Stone carving in the Mosque of Sultan Mu'Ayyad Shaykh (1420).
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Azhar Mosque
|
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Detail of the stonework.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Azhar Mosque
|
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The courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Qalawyn Mosque
|
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The Sultan Qalawyn Mosque was built in 1285.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Qalawyn Mosque
|
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The mosque was used as a lunatic asylum until 1850.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Hakem Mosque
|
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The courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Hakem Mosque
|
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A visiting family.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Siheimi House
|
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The House of Siheimi in a narrow street.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Siheimi House
|
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The house dates from the Ottoman period and was used till 1961.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Siheimi House
|
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The interior.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque
|
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The Mosque of Sayyidna al-Hussein.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque
|
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The mosque is Shia.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque
|
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The minaret.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque
|
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The mithrab.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sayyidna al-Hussein Mosque
|
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A group of Shi'ite Muslims at a wedding.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Street scene between the Sultan Hasan and al-Rifa mosques.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Hasan Mosque
|
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Mameluke stonework in the mosque.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Hasan Mosque
|
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Decorated doorway.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Sultan Hasan Mosque
|
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Black and white stonework.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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The al-Rifa Mosque contains a number of tombs including the last Shah of Iran.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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The entrance portal.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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Interior.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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The carved and decorated mimbar.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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Decorated stone work.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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Patterns of light.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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Wooden ceiling.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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Hellenic style columns.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Rifa Mosque
|
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Intricate wall decoration.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Zuneiba Gate dates from 1092 and is the entrance to the old city.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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The Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque is the largest in Cairo and dates from 879.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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View of the domed fountain and the minaret.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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Interior stone carvings.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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Columns and arches.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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The courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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The domed fountain is 20m high.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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The 40m high spiral minaret is Iraqi style.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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View from the minaret.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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View over the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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Bridge over a moat.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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View from the spiral minaret.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Ahmed ibn Tulun Mosque
|
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View of the old city from the minaret.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Church of the Virgin
|
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The interior of the church.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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The Coptic Museum is set in a beautiful mansion.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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Marble carvings.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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Mosaic fountain.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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Fragments of the 4th century apocryphal Gospel of Thomas.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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Mosaics.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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Stained glass window.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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Collection of icons.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Coptic Museum
|
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Orthodox Christian icon.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : 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 |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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The walls of Cairo were built by Saladin.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
|
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Facade of the Sultan Qalawyn Mosque (1285), named after a slave who became a sultan.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Hakem Mosque
|
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Market outside the al-Hakem Mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : al-Hakem Mosque
|
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The mosque was completed in 1013 and is popular with Shi'ite Indians.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : The Nile
|
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The banks of the Nile.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : The Nile
|
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The Nile is one of the world's great rivers.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : The Nile
|
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Boats by the Nile.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : The Nile
|
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Irrigation.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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The Imbaba camel market.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Camel herder.
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1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Camels.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Donkeys.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Men smoking a hookah pipe.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Rope and rubber buckets.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Goats.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Group of men.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Two women.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Children in the market.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Goats and a boy.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Van with donkeys.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Sugar cane.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : Imbaba
|
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Imbaba has a fruit and vegetable market.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : 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 |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Amir ibn al-as
|
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Entrance to the mosque.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed
|
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The Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed
|
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The mosque dates from 1338.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed
|
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The courtyard.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
Site / Event : Mosque of Sultan al-Nasir Mohammed
|
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The interior.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : 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 |
City / Town : Cairo
District : City of the Dead
|
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Street scene among the tombs, many of which have been converted to houses.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : City of the Dead
|
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Carved dome.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : City of the Dead
|
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The area was once the Greek city of Heliopolis.
|
1986 |
| Egypt |
City / Town : Cairo
District : City of the Dead
|
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The city has streets and houses.
|
1986 |
were added from 1 February 2025.