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Almost all Egyptians live on the narrow fertile strip along the Nile, in the middle of the desert. Hieroglyphs stayed unreadable for centuries until 1822. Opened in 1869, the Suez Canal links the Mediterranean to the Red Sea. The pyramids of Giza are among the oldest wonders still standing.
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City in Egypt
The ancient Egyptians called it Tamiat. Overshadowed once Alexandria was founded, it became a prize again in the time of the Crusades. In 1169 a fleet from the Kingdom of Jerusalem, backed by Byzantium, attacked it but was beaten off by Saladin.
Photo: Mohamed Eissa (CC BY-SA 3.0)
A major mosque and prominent architectural landmark located in The New Capital, Egypt
Its 22-metre (72 ft) chandelier won two world records: the largest and the heaviest.
Photo: Abdelrhman 1990 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Town in the northern Matruh Governorate, Egypt
A small town on the Mediterranean, deep in the Libyan Desert. Yet in 1942 it gave its name to two great battles of the Second World War.
Photo: Original uploader was TheEgyptian at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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