Excavation work near Old Cairo's northern gate in the Gamaliya district could have revealed a segment of the original Fatimid wall. Antiquities minister Mamdouh Eldamaty told Ahram Online that if ...
Bowl, Probably Cairo, Egypt; 1050–1100, Fritware, lustre-painted on opaque white glaze Copyright © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Bowl, Egypt, ca. 1000 ...
In an attempt to appreciate how the Mamluk, Ottoman, Sharkasi, and Fatimid eras influenced the architecture of Al-Moez’s Cairo, we ventured out on a walk led by Zizo Abdou, the founder of Cairo ...
The Fatimid caliphs : rise and fall / Farhad Daftary -- The Fatimid dream of a new Cairo : dynastic patronage and its imprint on the architectural setting / Doris Behrens-Abouseif -- On Fatimid ...
An introduction to Fatimid history and Fatimid art -- Fatimid art in North Africa -- Architecture in Egypt from 969 to the 1060s -- The decorative arts from 969 to the 1060s -- Architecture from the ...
RIYADH (Reuters Life!) - History never really dies, at least not in the Middle East. Sign up here. The Fatimid caliphate, a medieval Arab Islamic empire based in Cairo, has been at the center of a ...