Cairo's historic jewellers show off their craft - in pictures

An employee works inside the workshop of Bajocchi Jewellers, one of the oldest jewellery businesses in Egypt. Reuters
Pietro Bajocchi, 70, of Bajocchi Jewellers, looks at a diamond ring . The company was founded in the 1900s and established by the Italian Bajocchi family, in downtown Cairo. Reuters
An employee in the workshop at Bajocchi Jewellers. Reuters
Raul Bajocchi, of Bajocchi Jewellers, looks at an old safe inside the shop's premises. Reuters
Pietro and his son Raul, owners of Bajocchi Jewellers, at the entrance of their shop. Reuters
Bajocchi Jewellers has served Egyptian royalty and rulers in its years of operation. Reuters