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About Egypt
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| Sakkara |
| Sakkara is one section of the great necropolis of Memphis, the Old Kingdom capital and the kings of the 1st Dynasty as well as that of the 2nd Dynasty. |
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| Egypt Place : Giza |  |
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| Memphis |
| According to legend related by Manetho, the city was founded by the pharaoh Menes around 3000 BC. Capital of Egypt during the Old Kingdom. |
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| Egypt Place : Giza |  |
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| The Qaitbay Citadel In Alexandria |
| The Qaitbay Citadel in Alexandria is considered one of the most important defensive strongholds, not only in Egypt, but also along the Mediterranean Sea coast. |
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| Egypt Place : Alexandria |  |
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| Alexandria library |
| The original library at Alexandria in Egypt was one of the wonders of the ancient world. Founded by Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC,built and enlarged by Ptolemy |
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| Egypt Place : Alexandria |  |
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| Montazah Palace Gardens |
| The Montazah Palace was built by Abbas 2, the last khedive of Egypt, around 1900. It lent design ideas from both the Ottoman Empire and Florence in Italy. |
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| Egypt Place : Alexandria |  |
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| The Roman Theater (Kom Al-Dikka) |
| Over 30 years of excavation have uncovered many Roman remains including this well-preserved theatre with galleries, sections of mosaic-flooring, and marble seats for up to 800 spectators. |
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| Egypt Place : Alexandria |  |
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| Catacombs |
| Kom es-Shogafa or The Catacombs are found if you continue on Shari' el-Awud as-Sawari past Pompey's Piller to the right on Shari' Bab el-Muluk and then take Shari' el-Nasriya to the Catacombs. |
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| Egypt Place : Alexandria |  |
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| Colossi of Memnon |
| Amenhotep III (18th Dynasty) built a mortuary temple in Thebes that was guarded by two gigantic statues on the outer gates. |
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| Egypt Place : Luxor |  |
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| hatshepsut temple |
| By the banks of the Nile, across the river from Thebes, a three-tiered temple was found beneath hundreds of tons of sand tens of centuries after its construction. |
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| Egypt Place : Luxor |  |
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