Egypt
Egypt Has It All (Gawhara Hanem)
See the above page for the full story. If you like this post you may find other stories on the Egypt Has It All blog of interest. It is a commercial site, of which I have absolutely no knowledge, and has extensive advertising, but the blog is informative and has some lovely photographs.
- Egypt Arrests Turk With Ancient Coptic Relics
Hurriyet Daily News Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a Turkish man at Cairo airport after they found ancient Coptic Christian relics in his luggage, an airport official said. The 72-year-old traveler is suspected of trying to smuggle three Coptic...
- Travel: Not Far From Cairo's Madding Crowds
The Sydney Morning Herald (David Wroe) Cairo is, to my mind, one of the world's great cities, whatever its shortcomings. With a population of 18 million, the crush of people is suffocating. If you're a woman, the young men on the street can be...
- Daily Photo - Islamic Cairo
Historic Cairo, photos taken in 2003 Restored water house, Khan el-Khalili The Blue Mosque Damage remaining from the earthquake of 1922 in Cairo, photographed from the minaret of the Blue Mosque Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Cairo's Medieval Town Undergoes Facelift
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5408"The most gorgeous medieval buildings are being painstakingly restored in Islamic Cairo and discerning tourists are walking past Khan Al-Khalili into a medieval city of wikalas, through mighty Fatimid...
- Travel: Cairo
http://tinyurl.com/yfboev (iol.co.za) Summary of tour from Johannesburg (S.A) to Cairo, with visits to the Egyptian Museum, Giza pyrmaids and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar described in brief. The writer also touches on security issues and the notorious Cairo...
Egypt
Travel: The Medieval Bazaar
Egypt Has It All (Gawhara Hanem)
A portal that transports you back into time, Khan el Khalili gives its visitors a glimpse into what a traditional market was like in the middle ages, with its medieval atmosphere and labyrinth of winding streets and twisted alleyways.
In 1382 Emir Djaharks el-Khalili built a big caravanserai (or khan) in the heart of the Fatimid City. A caravanseri was like a hotel for traders, and usually the central point to an area’s economic activity. This caravanserai is still there, you just ask for the narrow street of Sikka Khan el-Khalili and Badestan. The Khan el-Khalili Bazaar is situated at one corner of a triangle of markets that go south to Bab Zuwayla and west to Azbakiyyah. The Khan is bordered on the south by al-Azhar Street and on the west by the Muski Market. One of the old original gates guards the entrance to the original courtyard which lies midway down Sikkit al-Badistan Street. The al-Hussein Mosque is also in Khan el-Khalili and Al-Azhar University and its mosque are not far away.
See the above page for the full story. If you like this post you may find other stories on the Egypt Has It All blog of interest. It is a commercial site, of which I have absolutely no knowledge, and has extensive advertising, but the blog is informative and has some lovely photographs.
- Egypt Arrests Turk With Ancient Coptic Relics
Hurriyet Daily News Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a Turkish man at Cairo airport after they found ancient Coptic Christian relics in his luggage, an airport official said. The 72-year-old traveler is suspected of trying to smuggle three Coptic...
- Travel: Not Far From Cairo's Madding Crowds
The Sydney Morning Herald (David Wroe) Cairo is, to my mind, one of the world's great cities, whatever its shortcomings. With a population of 18 million, the crush of people is suffocating. If you're a woman, the young men on the street can be...
- Daily Photo - Islamic Cairo
Historic Cairo, photos taken in 2003 Restored water house, Khan el-Khalili The Blue Mosque Damage remaining from the earthquake of 1922 in Cairo, photographed from the minaret of the Blue Mosque Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- Cairo's Medieval Town Undergoes Facelift
http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=5408"The most gorgeous medieval buildings are being painstakingly restored in Islamic Cairo and discerning tourists are walking past Khan Al-Khalili into a medieval city of wikalas, through mighty Fatimid...
- Travel: Cairo
http://tinyurl.com/yfboev (iol.co.za) Summary of tour from Johannesburg (S.A) to Cairo, with visits to the Egyptian Museum, Giza pyrmaids and Khan El-Khalili Bazaar described in brief. The writer also touches on security issues and the notorious Cairo...