Mosque of Al-Aqmar

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Mosque of Al-Aqmar. Built in 1125 by one of the last Fatimid caliphs, it is the oldest stone-façaded mosque in Egypt. Several features appear here that became part of the mosque builders' essential vocabulary, including muqarnas (stalactite) vaulting and the ribbing in the hooded arch.