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Pictures of Cairo - Egypt: Pyramids, Mosques, Palaces, Museums. Pyrmids of Khefren, Keops, Great Sphinx, Saqqarah...
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The Great Sphinx-Giza-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Nowadays are missing part of the “uraeus” (sacred cobra), the nose, the lower ear and the ritual beard, which is displayed in the British Museum.
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The Pyramid of Khafre and The Great Sphinx-Giza-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: "From atop these pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you." Napoleon Bonaparte to his soldiers before the Battle of Giza, 1798
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Pyramid of Cheops-Giza-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: It is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids of Giza and it was the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years.It is believed it was built as a tomb for Fourth dynasty Egyptian King Khufu (Cheops)over a 20 year period installing approximately 800 tonnes of stone every day that concluded around 2560 BC.
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Colonnade-Sakkara-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The entrance leads to a colonnade with 40 columns. The long hypostyle hall leads to an open courtyard, which was used by the King, performing the rituals of the jubilee feast, called the Hep-Sed festival.
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Khan el Khalili-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Islamic Cairo is one of the best areas to see the daily life of the city: craftsmen, cafes, stalls, spices and parfums shops. The most genuine Cairo.
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Beit al Suhaymi-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Bayt al Suhaymi is an historic, restored house next to Khan el Khalili. The oldest section was built in 1648 A.D. The house was purchased in 1796 by Sheikh Ahmed as-Suhaymi.
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Mosque El Hakim-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The mosque of El-Hakim(built 990-1013)is the second largest Fatimid mosque in Cairo. Its two corner minarets, different in shape and decoration, are the oldest surviving minarets in Cairo.
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The Al Azhar Mosque-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The first Fatimid monument in Egypt was both a meeting place for Shia students and through the centuries, it has remained a focal point of the famous university which has grown up around it.
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