Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical Guide (Updated 7th Edition)

Williams, Caroline

ISBN 10: 9774168550 / ISBN 13: 9789774168550

Published by The American University in Cairo Press, 2018

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00097907054

Synopsis:

Cairo’s Islamic monuments are part of an uninterrupted tradition that spans over a thousand years of building activity. No other Islamic city can equal Cairo’s spectacular heritage, nor trace its historical and architectural development with such clarity. The discovery of this historic core, first visually by nineteenth-century western artists, then intellectually by twentieth-century Islamic art specialists, now awaits the delight of the general visitor.

This new, fully revised edition of a popular and handy guide continues to walk the visitor around more than two hundred of the city’s most interesting Islamic monuments. It also keeps pace with recent restoration initiatives and newly opened monuments.

About the Author: Caroline Williams, with graduate degrees in Middle Eastern history from Harvard and Islamic art and architecture from the American University in Cairo, has been a frequent resident of, visitor to, Cairo since 1961.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Islamic Monuments in Cairo: The Practical ...
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good