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History

Coptic, Islamic, Greco-Roman and modern Egyptian history

A literary walking route through the Greco-Roman city beneath the modern corniche.

Layla Mansour2 Aug 202611 min9.9k

Churches built into a Roman fortress, the oldest synagogue in Egypt, and a hanging nave.

Layla Mansour29 Jul 20267 min7.4k

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