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Save the Citadel, cries Egypt's chief archaeologist

By Ben Morales-Correa

A proposed new financial complex in Cairo threatens to block the view of the Citadel, part of Medieval Cairo and one of the most popular tourist attractions. The 12th century warrior sultan Salaheddin started fortification works on this 75 meter (250 feet) high plateau in the 1170s, to protect the city from the Crusaders.... »