Bus tours – like those offered by Memphis Tours and Egypt Tailor Made ... but the neighborhood's famous mosques are not situated within walking distance. Islamic Cairo is free to visit, although ...

Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, is a metropolis embedded in history ... Visitors can explore the hundreds of mosques, tombs, mansions, and madrasas (Islamic schools) in the area.

with twisting alleyways and ancient churches that are several centuries older than the ornate mosques of Islamic Cairo. According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt ...

—Second Notice,” New York Times, February 8, 1874, p. 3 “The Water-Color Exhibition,” Daily Graphic (New York), February 21, 1874, p. 765 (for the present lot illustrated) United States Centennial ...