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Jul 19, 2019 18:28:48 #
While living in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, in 1945 I was invited to go out in the desert with some friends to find the ruins of Qal at El Gundi. At least that is what they called it. It took two trips before we found it. When a soldier from a nearby tent came toward us, we feared he was there to prevent our going to the ruins, but instead he offered to be our guide. It was quite a hike up to where the ruins were spread across the top of the mesa. The fortress was built by Saladine in the 12th century to protect the Muslim pilgrims on their route to Mecca. Looking down we see the route of those devoted pilgrims, but they didn't have the nice oiled road that we came over.
We knew we had found what we were looking for on top of this mesa.
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We appreciated our guide.
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We were blessed to be traveling one this terrain in an air-conditioned car.
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I love these old ruins that have not been all gussied up.
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Jul 19, 2019 18:30:37 #
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Jul 19, 2019 19:14:39 #
Luen wrote:
While living in Maadi, a suburb of Cairo, in 1945 ... (show quote)
Lucky you, lucky us. Thanx for the historical tour.
Jul 22, 2019 20:01:47 #
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