Roman Towers
Cairo, EGplace
About
In AD 98 the Roman emperor Trajan enlarged an existing fortress here, called Babylon, likely a corruption of Per-hapi-en-on (Estate of the Nile God at On), a Pharaonic name for the area. What remains are two round towers of Babylon’s western gate. These were part of riverfront fortifications, and the Nile would have lapped right up against them. Emperor Trajan also reopened the canal that ran through this town connecting the Nile with the Red Sea.
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Station: 298n309e · 22.1 km away · 285m
Sharia Mar Girgis Coptic Cairo, Cairo
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