03348nam 2200769 450 991078949600332120230120114011.01-61797-610-51-322-47588-11-61797-609-1(CKB)3450000000003090(EBL)1890744(SSID)ssj0001590005(PQKBManifestationID)16284690(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001590005(PQKBWorkID)14867529(PQKB)10402562(SSID)ssj0000628061(PQKBManifestationID)12284504(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628061(PQKBWorkID)10702547(PQKB)10507193(Au-PeEL)EBL1890744(CaPaEBR)ebr10997348(CaONFJC)MIL678870(OCoLC)923710036(Au-PeEL)EBL1980501(OCoLC)905984695(MiAaPQ)EBC1890744(MiAaPQ)EBC1980501(EXLCZ)99345000000000309020150108h20102010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBabylon of Egypt the archaeology of Old Cairo and the origins of the city /Peter SheehanAn American Research Center in Egypt edition.Cairo, Egypt ;New York, New York :The American University in Cairo Press,2010.©20101 online resource (241 p.)American Research Center in Egypt Conservation Series ;4Description based upon print version of record.977-416-731-7 977-416-299-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The making of Babylon. The ancient landscape of Cairo ; The river of Trajan ; Diocletian and the Roman fortress of Babylon -- 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.An archaeological investigation into the ancient nucleus of medieval and modern Cairo. This book presents a history of Old Cairo based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006 during a major project to lower the groundwater level affecting the churches and monuments of this area of Cairo known by the Romans as Babylon. Examination of the material and structural remains revealed a sequence of continuous occupation extending from the sixth century BC to the present day. These include the massive stone walls of the canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea, and the harbor construAmerican Research Center in Egypt Conservation series ;4.Islamic architectureEgyptCairoArchitecture, RomanEgyptCairoArchaeologyEgyptCairoEgyptHistory640-1250Islamic architectureArchitecture, RomanArchaeology720.6216Sheehan Peter1497515Butler Alfred J(Alfred Joshua),1850-1936.210596MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789496003321Babylon of Egypt3722689UNINA