Coptic Cairo Tour
After the decline of the ancient pharaonic cult and before the introduction of the Muslim religion, Egypt was a predominantly Christian country. The capital in this period was Alexandria, Cairo had yet to be born. In the area of present-day Cairo, in the 6th century AD the urban settlement consisted only of a Roman fortress located on the Nile, guarding a crossroads along the road between the ancient Egyptian cities of Heliopolis and Memphis. Coptic Cairo Tour When the Arab general Amr Ibn al-Aas encamped near the fortress, the foundations were laid for the future foundation of Cairo. Known today as Ancient Cairo (Misr al-Qadima), this old area of the city holds a bulwark of Egyptian Christianity, namely Coptic Cairo, with its historic churches. The area of ancient Cairo also includes the southern end of the island of Roda, where the Nilometer is located, used since the time of the pharaohs to measure the level of the river and predict the flooding of its banks. To visit ancie