Inside courtyard of Al-Rifa’i mosque

Fatimid Cairo

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September 8th 2019
*There are 500 mosques in Cairo. Today we visited two. Note: got these descriptions from the internet. The Sultan Hassan is a monumental mosque and madrassa* located in the historic district of C ... read more

Africa » Egypt

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more