The Mosque and Madrasa of Sultan Hassan is right across the street from the 19th Century Al-Rifa'i Mosque in Salah Al-Din ...

Egypt and Greece sought to ease tensions over the historic St Catherine's monastery in the Sinai peninsula on Friday after a ...

A stone sculpture by Lebanese artist Najla El Zein is one of the earliest pieces the museum acquired after appointing its ...

A 10-minute walk will take you to Sultan Hassan Mosque. Built in the 14th century, it is considered to be the finest example of Mamluk architecture in Cairo. For lunch, one of the best spots is ...

Under Mamluk administration ... a replenished labour force, a ready market in Cairo, the growth of Mediterranean trade, and large landholdings by the sultan or his emirs encouraged the cultivation of ...

Some of the best places to sample authentic Om Ali in Cairo are El Malky ... Om Ali was the first wife of the first sultan of the Mamluk dynasty, which ruled Egypt from the mid-13th to early ...

At the same time, Huqoq was located along a new barid – an international highway – established by the Mamluk sultan in the 14th century to connect Cairo and Damascus. “The circulation of ...

Al-Maridani, chief of police and married to a daughter of the powerful Mamluk sultan al-Nasir Mohamed, built the mosque in 1338-40 A.D. on al-Darb al-Ahmar street, a thoroughfare connecting Cairo ...

View of the Mosque of Amir al-Maridani, dating from 1340 CE from the era of the Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo, as Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities is to inaugurate the second phase of the ...