Peter Sheehan
Babylon of Egypt : The Archaeology of Old Cairo and the Origins of the City / - Egypt The American University in Cairo Press 2015 - xxiii, 179 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), ; 31 cm. - American Research Center in Egypt Conservation 5 .
The making of Babylon. The ancient landscape of Cairo ; The river of Trajan ; Diocletian and the Roman fortress of Babylon -- The making of old Cairo. Al-Fustat and the making of old Cairo ; Cycles of decline and revival : Ayyubid, Mamluk, and Ottoman old Cairo ; The re-making of old Cairo in the image of its past.Presents a history of old Cairo, known by the Romans as Babylon, based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006, revealing continuous occupation extending from the 6th century BC to the present day.
9774167317 9789774167317
2010
2015288204
26283/14
English
History
962/.02
Babylon of Egypt : The Archaeology of Old Cairo and the Origins of the City / - Egypt The American University in Cairo Press 2015 - xxiii, 179 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), ; 31 cm. - American Research Center in Egypt Conservation 5 .
The making of Babylon. The ancient landscape of Cairo ; The river of Trajan ; Diocletian and the Roman fortress of Babylon -- The making of old Cairo. Al-Fustat and the making of old Cairo ; Cycles of decline and revival : Ayyubid, Mamluk, and Ottoman old Cairo ; The re-making of old Cairo in the image of its past.Presents a history of old Cairo, known by the Romans as Babylon, based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006, revealing continuous occupation extending from the 6th century BC to the present day.
9774167317 9789774167317
2010
2015288204
26283/14
English
History
962/.02