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<blockquote data-quote="rahma" data-source="post: 20182314" data-attributes="member: 23251"><p>I'm reading a great book right now - "Cairo, A Cultural History" by Andrew Beattie. In it, he describes the evolution of Umm al Dunya, from Pharonic Memphis to modern day al Qahara. Far from destroying egyptian culture, he describes how each sucessive group built upon the foundation of the previous. The egypt of today is just as egyptian as egypts of the past. </p><p></p><p>Also worth noting is that pharonic dynasties destroyed temples, tombs and entire cities of their predisessors. Most tombs were looted long before muslims ruled egypt. Coptic churches were built often built on top of pagan temples. Heck, they even appropriated the tree of Atum, claiming it was the tree under which Jesus' family rested while they were in Egypt. And it wasn't the muslims who took the relics of Saint Mark to Venice in 829.</p><p></p><p>All in all, I highly recommend this book. As a frequent visitor to Cairo, I learned a ton of new information that I look forward to using on my next visit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rahma, post: 20182314, member: 23251"] I'm reading a great book right now - "Cairo, A Cultural History" by Andrew Beattie. In it, he describes the evolution of Umm al Dunya, from Pharonic Memphis to modern day al Qahara. Far from destroying egyptian culture, he describes how each sucessive group built upon the foundation of the previous. The egypt of today is just as egyptian as egypts of the past. Also worth noting is that pharonic dynasties destroyed temples, tombs and entire cities of their predisessors. Most tombs were looted long before muslims ruled egypt. Coptic churches were built often built on top of pagan temples. Heck, they even appropriated the tree of Atum, claiming it was the tree under which Jesus' family rested while they were in Egypt. And it wasn't the muslims who took the relics of Saint Mark to Venice in 829. All in all, I highly recommend this book. As a frequent visitor to Cairo, I learned a ton of new information that I look forward to using on my next visit. [/QUOTE]
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