LEADER 03348nam 2200769 450 001 9910812423603321 005 20230120114011.0 010 $a1-61797-610-5 010 $a1-322-47588-1 010 $a1-61797-609-1 035 $a(CKB)3450000000003090 035 $a(EBL)1890744 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001590005 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16284690 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001590005 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14867529 035 $a(PQKB)10402562 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000628061 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12284504 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000628061 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10702547 035 $a(PQKB)10507193 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1890744 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10997348 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL678870 035 $a(OCoLC)923710036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1980501 035 $a(OCoLC)905984695 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1890744 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1980501 035 $a(EXLCZ)993450000000003090 100 $a20150108h20102010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBabylon of Egypt $ethe archaeology of Old Cairo and the origins of the city /$fPeter Sheehan 205 $aAn American Research Center in Egypt edition. 210 1$aCairo, Egypt ;$aNew York, New York :$cThe American University in Cairo Press,$d2010. 210 4$dİ2010 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aAmerican Research Center in Egypt Conservation Series ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a977-416-731-7 311 $a977-416-299-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aAn archaeological investigation into the ancient nucleus of medieval and modern Cairo. This book presents a history of Old Cairo based on new archaeological evidence gathered between 2000 and 2006 during a major project to lower the groundwater level affecting the churches and monuments of this area of Cairo known by the Romans as Babylon. Examination of the material and structural remains revealed a sequence of continuous occupation extending from the sixth century BC to the present day. These include the massive stone walls of the canal linking the Nile to the Red Sea, and the harbor constru 410 0$aAmerican Research Center in Egypt Conservation series ;$v4. 606 $aIslamic architecture$zEgypt$zCairo 606 $aArchitecture, Roman$zEgypt$zCairo 606 $aArchaeology$zEgypt$zCairo 607 $aEgypt$xHistory$y640-1250 615 0$aIslamic architecture 615 0$aArchitecture, Roman 615 0$aArchaeology 676 $a720.6216 700 $aSheehan$b Peter$01632430 701 2$aButler$b Alfred J$g(Alfred Joshua),$f1850-1936.$0210596 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812423603321 996 $aBabylon of Egypt$93971554 997 $aUNINA