The next morning most of our group got up before sunrise to visit temples, mosques and churches in Old Cairo. We slept in and had a quiet breakfast on our own. The bus came back to get us at 10am. We visited a gold and jewelry factory, and then we went to the place where President Sadat was assassinated by eleven of his generals in 1981. He was sitting in a grandstand watching his troop’s parade past when the generals all shot him because he had made peace with Israel. They had planned a coup, however the Vice President and majority of the army were loyal to Sadat. The attempted revolution lasted 3 months. Then the generals were arrested. Nine were executed and two got life in prison. There is now a memorial across the road from the grandstand with Sadat’s body and a monument to the Unknown Soldier. It is guarded 24 hours a day by guards who never move a muscle.