4mi/6km south of Old Cairo in the direction of Helwan lies the residential suburb of Maadi, with modern houses and villas set in gardens (many the residences of foreigners) and a yacht club. Near Maadi a prehistoric settlement (probably of the sixth millennium B.C.), first discovered in 1930, has recently been excavated.

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