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Day 2: Coptic Cairo, Koshara, and the Nile
... in and who I was with. I will detail more about that later. When I got off the train station, I directly facing the Coptic Museum. It was 20EGP for students, so I decided to leave the option for later. Right next door was the ...
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Cairo
... for nobles, etc.) including the mataba of Mereruka. Far less tourists than the Pyramids of Giza. Coptic Cairo Five old Christian churches, the Coptic Museum and the Ben Ezra synagogue (believed to have originally been a Coptic Church) form a ...
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Cairo - The Prymids not the only thing stoned!
... this stuff we saw Perfume store, how to make papyus paper and then associated art gallery (really funky), Citadel of Salah l din, Coptic Museum (if anyone knows what the coptic people were all about let me know, just looked like 1000 year old bibles to ...
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Walk(er) like an Egyptian
... shake, shake it like a polaroid picture. The next day I head out on my own on the subway to the Coptic Museum, Abu Sarga Church and old Cairo. The church is believed to be where the Holy Family took refuge during their flight into Egypt. Afterward, I ...
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Cairo
... , e na outra mão um livro, de forma que parece que ele está professando algo e não sofrendo. Fomos também ao Coptic Museum, lá pudemos ver um grande acervo de arte greco-romana. Esculturas, pinturas, cerâmicas, vestes e mais diversos objetos ...
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Ending up in Cairo two weeks ahead of plan
... in Bawit. The old wing of the museum was less impressive, but overall the museum is a must-see when visiting Cairo. After the Coptic Museum we had a look at the 9th century Church of Virgin Mary (aka the Hanging Church because it rests on the Roman ...
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Social programme all day
A day of very impegnative social programme: in the early afternoon we started at Coptic Cairo, where we visited the Coptic museum, the Hanging church and the Mosque of Amr Ibn Al-As. After this wonderful part of Cairo we got prepared for the ultimate ...
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Cairo
... tamanha qualidade e perfeicao que nem parece que foi feito a 5000 anos atras. Fomos em seguida para a regiao do Coptic Museum. L'a h'a um varias escavacoes e achados antiquissimos. Aqui faltou um pouco mais de conhecimento em historia. 'E um local onde ...
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Two more days in Cairo
... we came across the gate of Babylon and once again saw the influence of the Greek and Roman eras. We spent time in the Coptic Museum which was very well set out. Security was tight with bags subject to search and X-ray and cameras confiscated and held ...
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Cairo Sights
... Egyptian Cairo is the old part of Cairo and the dominant neighbourhood before Islam took hold. We visited the hanging Church, the Coptic Museum, Church of St. Sergius, and Ben Ezra Mosque. Quick notes: *Coptic Christians have their own pope but ...
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- Musafirkhana Palace
- Fort of Babylon
- Coptic Cairo
- Ben Ezra Synagogue
- Mosque of Ibn Tulun
- Alabaster Mosque (Mohammad Ali Mosque)
- Military Museum
- Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary)
- Kefre, the second pyramid
- Wadi Degla
- Museum of Islamic Arts
- St. Mercurius Church (Abu Seifien)
- Zamalek (Gezira Island)
- Khalil Museum
- Al-Azhar Park
- Midan Hussein
- Colossus of Ramses II
- Old Cairo
- Bab al-Azab
- Souk al Fustat