The Water Clock

This is amazing and soon to be restored by UNESCO. The worlds first water clock. Too complicated to describe but beautiful in concept and reality. Picture chains with metal balls hanging over bowls of copper slowly filling drip by drip with water.

Fes-less Fes

July 16th 2006
Fes, Morocco I went to Fes hoping that it would be a more authentic experience than the tourist favorite Marrakech, but a close look reveals otherwise. There are no "hand dyed, hand woven fabrics anywhere in the medina," admitted the salesman from whom I just bought my "hand dyed, hand woven" scarf. "Regardless of what the kick-back guides tell you," he added. The tanneries are still dying l ... read more

Africa » Morocco » Fès-Boulemane » Fes

In 788, about a century after the Arab conquest of North Africa, successive Moorish dynasties began to rule in Morocco. In the 16th century, the Sa'adi monarchy, particularly under Ahmad AL-MANSUR (1578-1603), repelled foreign invaders and inaugurate... ... read more

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