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Half day Saint Simon monastery Cave church Garbage city

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Half day Saint Simon monastery Cave church Garbage city

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Saint Simon the Tanner (St. Sama'an, in Arabic) lived towards the end of the tenth Century when Egypt was ruled by the Fatimid Caliph, Al- Muizz and Anba Abram was the Coptic Pope. At the time, the Copts (Christians) in Egypt were engaged in handicrafts. St Simon worked in one of the crafts widespread in Babylon (Old Cairo) which was tanning, a craft still known there till this day

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austinman89
★★★★★
Feb 2020

We thoroughly enjoyed this tour. It is a unique experience in Cairo and definitely worth it to see for yourself. Theresa was very knowledgeable and friendly. I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Cairo.

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Freerangegeologist
★★★★★
Dec 2019

Very interesting, in a safe environment. Theresa was great company and very knowledgeable about old Cairo.

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