| Our Holiday in Egypt ..........Page 5 |
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| Back to Cairo ........... |
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| Older part of Cairo city..... |
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| Shops patronised by tourists..... Haggling necessary...lots of it...... |
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| Salah Al-Din's (Saladin's) Citadel was constructed by Salah Al-Din in 1183 A. D. to dominate Cairo from the Mokattam Hills. It comprises of a number of monuments among which are the Mosque of Soleiman Pasha, the Alabaster Mosque and Joseph's Well. |
| Inside the mosque ..... |
| This fortification remains a major Cairo landmark. |
| Saladin's Citadel |
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| Cairo Museum |
| The museum was established in 1835 by the Egyptian government. The building on the right was built in 1900 in the neo-classical style by the French Architect by Marcel Dourgnon. The are over 1200 exhibits....... ranging from the pre-historic era to Greco-Roman period. |
| Tut-Ankh-Amun ruler of the 18th dynasty. Relatively unknown pharaoh till his tomb was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. It was untouched. The gold mask of the pharaoh is made of solid gold. |
| One of the four sarcophegi of Tut-Ankh-Amun.... gold plated.... |
| Chairs found in the tomb.. completely gold plated...... |
| Use of flash is prohibited in most of the rooms of the museum... not many pictures could be taken...... |
| Lunch on a floating restaurant..... |
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| Nile cruise-dinner |
| Entertainment on board...... |