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Area guide
Coptic Cairo and Fustat
The Hanging Church, the Coptic Museum and the Ben Ezra Synagogue inside Roman Babylon, and the royal mummies at NMEC.
Area guide · Cairo
Coptic Cairo and Fustat: churches, a synagogue and the royal mummies
The Hanging Church, the Coptic Museum, the Ben Ezra Synagogue and NMEC.
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What to see and do
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Above the Roman gate
The Hanging Church
The Coptic church built above the gatehouse of the Roman fortress of Babylon.
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The Cairo Geniza
Ben Ezra Synagogue
The synagogue of Fustat, where the Cairo Geniza manuscripts were found.
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The royal mummies
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
The museum at Fustat whose Royal Mummies Hall holds the kings and queens of the New Kingdom.
El-Fustat Road, Ein Elsira, CairoExplore View on map
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Christian Egypt
The Coptic Museum
The collection of Christian Egypt, inside the walls of Roman Babylon.
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On foot
Coptic Cairo to Fustat
Churches, a synagogue and the walls of Roman Babylon, then on to NMEC.
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