The monastery carved inside Mokattam Mountain, which is one of the most vital archeological and religious monuments in Egypt, is attributed to Saint Simon the Tanner, who lived in the 10th century ...

Looking out from Mokattam Mountain towards the Cairo, Egypt neighborhood of Manshiyat Naser, you’ll notice something beautiful. There, in the center of the neighborhood often referred to as ...

For good reason. Father Sama’an is a force to be reckoned with. Inspired by a vision, he carved his church out of the caverns and crumbled rocks of Cairo’s Mokattam Mountain nearly 20 years ago.

Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2021 shows the Cave Church on Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt. Built into the cave on Mokattam Mountain in 1970s, the church can accommodate up to 20,000 people.Photo ...

Saladin Castle or the Castle of the Mountain has four doors. El Mokatam Gate This gate was named El Mokatam Gate because it was created near the Mokatam monitoring tower of the citadel. Constructed ...

Hundreds of Coptic Christians flocked to Cairo to attend a Palm Sunday mass in the Samaan el-Kharaz Monastery in the Mokattam Mountain area, in celebration of Palm Sunday and the beginning of Holy ...

Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2021 shows the Cave Church on Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt. Built into the cave on Mokattam Mountain in 1970s, the church can accommodate up to 20,000 people.Photo ...

Salah El-Din Citadel is one of the most important landmarks of Islamic Cairo, and one of the most luxurious military fortresses built in the middle ages. Its strategic location on the top of Mokattam ...