Egypt’s first ticking clock ticks again
Egypt gets ready to announce the return of its oldest ticking clock, which French King Louis Phillippe gifted to Muhammed Ali Pasha, then-ruler of Egypt, in 1846.
CAIRO — The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has recently announced the completion of the restoration, maintenance and development works at Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Citadel in Cairo, including the restart of the citadel’s clock tower, Egypt’s first ticking clock, after decades of nonoperation.
In a statement published on its Facebook page Sept. 16, the ministry announced that “the clock has been repaired by Egyptian craftsmen after years of nonoperation. The trials of the clock’s automatic winding [mechanism] have begun in order to ensure its continuous, uninterrupted operation.”
