Cairo - Day 2
Memorials containing the bones of famous martyrs
One of close to 100 icons (religious paintings), some dating back 1700 years!
The site where Jesus supposedly slept as an infant (it looks suspiciously like a pizza oven!)
The old Islamic section of the city
The second half of our day was spent at the National Museum of Egyptian Culture, which contained most of the mummies of the pharaohs (we must have seen at least 20 of their corpses today!). No photography allowed in that part unfortunately. Otherwise, a lot interesting artifacts . . .
Finished with a late lunch at an outdoor restaurant along the Nile. More authentic Egyptian food was had.
Below is the observation tower on Zamalek Island (across from our restaurant) built by the US in 1968.
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