Babylon Fortress

Local nameQasr el Shamee
LocationCairo, Egypt

Babylon Fortress was an ancient fortress in the Nile Delta, located in the area known today as Coptic Cairo. It was situated in the Heliopolite Nome, upon the east bank of the Nile, at latitude 30°N, near the commencement of the Pharaonic Canal, from the Nile to the Red Sea.

It was at the boundary between Lower and Middle Egypt, where the river craft paid tolls when ascending or descending the Nile. Diodorus ascribes the erection of the first fort to rebel Assyrian captives in the reign of Sesostris, and Ctesias dates it to the time of Semiramis; but Josephus, with greater probability, attributes its structure to some Babylonian followers of Cambyses, in 525 BC. The Romans built a new fortress nearer the river, with typically Roman red and white banded masonry.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Fortress

Address 7 Hafez Eid Street, Cairo, Egypt

Coordinates 30°0'21.172" N 31°13'46.65" E

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