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City of the Dead

Cairo, Egypt

Featured Review : The Southern Cemetery is part of what is referred to as the Cities of the Dead (the Northern Cemetery is the other part). Over 300,000 Cairo locals live within the so-called Cities of the Dead. Earlier in my trip I...See Full Review

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City of the Dead Reviews

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Southern Cemetary

  • 4 out of 5 stars by jim from Charlotte, North Carolina
  • November 28, 2004
Southern Cemetary
Quote: The Southern Cemetery is part of what is referred to as the Cities of the Dead (the Northern Cemetery is the other part). Over 300,000 Cairo locals live within the so-called Cities of the Dead. Earlier in my trip I had seen the Northern... Read the full City of the Dead review

From journal A Hectic Week in Cairo

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Northern Cemetary

  • 4 out of 5 stars by jim from Charlotte, North Carolina
  • July 7, 2004
Northern Cemetary
Quote: The Northern Cemetery is part of what is referred to as the Cities of the Dead (the Southern Cemetery is the other part). Over 300,000 Cairo locals live within the so-called Cities of the Dead. There are shops, apartments, and everything else you... Read the full City of the Dead review

From journal A Hectic Week in Cairo

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The City of the Dead

  • 3 out of 5 stars by olenka from , Ukraine
  • December 25, 2002
The City of the Dead
Quote: There are two ancient cemeteries in Cairo: Northern and Southern. They are also called City of the Dead, but the name is completely misleading, because nowhere else do alive and dead coexist so closely. For ancient Egyptians cemeteries were not... Read the full City of the Dead review

From journal Veiled face of Cairo

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The City of the Dead

  • 0 out of 5 stars by SpaceCowgirl from Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • January 12, 2002
Quote: The City of the Dead is proof of the problem that faces Cairo. There are five cemeteries that sprawl over southeast Cairo. Following the Cairene tradition of mourning the dead for forty days many people built small enclosures above the graves of... Read the full City of the Dead review

From journal Cairo Sweet Cairo