Babylon of Egypt
Subtitle: The Archaeology of Old Cairo and Origins of the City
By: Peter Sheehan
Contributors: Butler, Alfred J. (Alfred Joshua), 1850-1936
Edition: Revised edition.
Series: American Research Center in Egypt Conservation series -- 4; American Research Center in Egypt Conservation series -- 4.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cairo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
ISBN-13: 9789774167317
Subjects: History
Other titles: Archaeology of old Cairo and origins of the city
Description: Presents a history of old Cairo, known to the Romans as Babylon, based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006, revealing continuous occupation between the 6th century BC and the present.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.
Table of contents: title: The making of Babylon. The ancient landscape of Cairo ; The river of Trajan ; Diocletian and the Roman fortress of Babylon; title: 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.