Nature · Cairo
Mokattam Hills
A desert plateau overlooking Cairo from the east, a quarry and building ground since the Coptic and Islamic eras.
The story
Mokattam is a plateau of Egypt's Eastern Desert and also the name of the district built over it in southern Cairo. The hills run along the east of Fustat and Cairo, east of Saladin's Citadel. They played an important part in construction work during the Coptic and Islamic periods, and their foot has been a limestone quarrying area since ancient Egyptian times.
Good to know
- Mokattam is an Eastern Desert plateau with a residential district built over it in southern Cairo.
- The hills lie east of Saladin's Citadel.