The Stone Town of Zanzibar is a fine example of the Swahili coastal trading towns of East Africa. It retains its ...
Sousse was an important commercial and military port during the Aghlabid period (800–909) and is a typical example of a town ...
Located on the Atlantic coast in the north-west of Morocco, the site is the product of a fertile exchange between the ...
Tétouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period, from the 8th century onwards, since it served as the main point ...
Founded in the 11th century by the Almoravids as a military settlement, Meknes became a capital under Sultan Moulay Ismaïl (1672–1727), ...
Essaouira is an exceptional example of a late-18th-century fortified town, built according to the principles of contemporary European military architecture in ...
Founded in 1070–72 by the Almoravids, Marrakesh remained a political, economic and cultural centre for a long period. Its influence was ...
Founded in the 9th century and home to the oldest university in the world, Fez reached its height in the 13th–14th ...
Founded in the 11th and 12th centuries to serve the caravans crossing the Sahara, these trading and religious centres became focal ...
Tucked away amid the modern urban area of Cairo lies one of the world's oldest Islamic cities, with its famous mosques, ...
This outstanding archaeological area contains such magnificent monuments as the Temples of Ramses II at Abu Simbel and the Sanctuary of ...
Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. ...