Museums

Mosques Museums

The National Military Museum

 

Ibrahim Pasha

 

in the Citadelle looking toward the Mosques

 

the hall of military rulers

 

 

learning their history

 

the big men in Egyptian history

 

 

 

modern military adventures

 

catapult for besieging fortifications

 

Arab conquest brought Islam to Egypt by the sword

 

Ottoman Turkish Rule

 

Egyptian Officer

 

Pasha as Military Commander

 

Fall of the Ottoman Empire during World War I

 

Bombing of Suez by British and French after the nationalization
of the Suez canal to provide funds for the construction
of the high Aswan dam

 

Soviet tank used by Egypt

 

Anwar Sedat as military commander

 

Russian built MIG aircraft

 

Hosni Nubarak as commander

 

leading into the future


Mosques Museums

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