Babylon - Living The Q Life Travel AdventuresExplore The World With Us One Country At A TimeMon, 10 Jan 2022 18:27:32 +0000en-UShourly1https://s0.wp.com/i/webclip.pngBabylon - Living The Q Life Travel Adventures3232 94661481The Unique History of the “Hanging Church” in Coptic Cairo, Egypt/2022/01/10/the-unique-history-of-the-hanging-church-in-coptic-cairo-egypt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-unique-history-of-the-hanging-church-in-coptic-cairo-egypt/2022/01/10/the-unique-history-of-the-hanging-church-in-coptic-cairo-egypt/#commentsMon, 10 Jan 2022 18:27:30 +0000/?p=55790The Church of Virgin Mary in Old Cairo is more commonly referred to as the “Hanging Church”. It gets its name from the fact that it was built on the ruins of two towers from the old roman fortress of Babylon. The church dates back to the 4th century and is one of the oldest …

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]]>/2022/01/10/the-unique-history-of-the-hanging-church-in-coptic-cairo-egypt/feed/155790Babylon Fortress in Old Cairo, Egypt/2020/05/04/babylon-fortress-in-old-cairo-egypt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=babylon-fortress-in-old-cairo-egypt/2020/05/04/babylon-fortress-in-old-cairo-egypt/#commentsMon, 04 May 2020 19:16:07 +0000/?p=48797There are many reasons to visit the section of Cairo known as Coptic Cairo and seeing the ancient Babylon Fortress is certainly one of them. The fortress originally sat on the banks of the Nile, long before the dams in Aswan were built to control the water levels of the river. At the time that …

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