Cairo

• Cairo is a Port city on the River Nile, and the capital of Egypt.
• Cairo was established in 969 CE under the Fatimid Caliphate.

The Roman Sites

• Fort Babylon
  • The original Fort was built in c. 525 BCE, which the Romans then rebuilt and this fort still stands today.
  • It was next to Trajan's Canal connecting the Nile to the Red Sea.
• Museum and Churches inside Fort Babylon
  • Coptic Museum
  • The Church of St. George
  • The Hanging Church

Museums

• Museum of Cairo
  • The Museum of Cairo is also known as the ‘Museum of Egyptian Antiquities’ or the ‘Egyptian Museum’. It It is located in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt.
  • The Museum holds the largest collection in the world of Finds from the Pharaohs of Egypt.
  • There are over 120,000 items including Mummies, Statues, Coins and fragments of inscribed Papyrus with Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
• Coptic Museum
  • It is located inside Fort Babylon in Cairo.
  • The museum holds 15,000 objects of the Coptic Collection of Christian Antiquities. This includes Coptic Artefacts, Wall Paintings, Illuminated Manuscripts and Textiles.

Museum of Cairo, Cairo