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  The Fayum mummy portraits epitomize the meeting of Egyptian and Roman cultures. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Naguib Mahfouz, the first Arabic-language writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (from Egypt)
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  The High Court of Justice in Downtown Cairo (from Egypt)
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  Muhammad Ali was the founder of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the first Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. (from Egypt)
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  The Ibn Tulun Mosque in Cairo, of Ahmad Ibn Tulun (from Egypt)
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  Painted limestone relief of a noble member of Ancient Egyptian society during the New Kingdom (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Book of the Dead was a guide to the deceased's journey in the afterlife. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo, of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, the sixth caliph, as renovated by Dawoodi Bohra (from Egypt)
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  Egyptian tanks advancing in the Sinai desert during the Yom Kippur War, 1973 (from Egypt)
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  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is the current President of Egypt. (from Egypt)
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  The gods Osiris, Anubis, and Horus in the tomb of Horemheb (KV57) in the Valley of the Kings (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Tutankhamun's burial mask is one of the major attractions of the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. (from Egypt)
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  Fuad I of Egypt with Edward, Prince of Wales, 1932 (from Egypt)
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  Frontispiece of Description de l'Égypte, published in 38 volumes between 1809 and 1829 (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The halls of Karnak Temple are built with rows of large columns. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Soad Hosny, film star (from Egypt)
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  Glassmaking was a highly developed art. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Hunting game birds and plowing a field, tomb of Nefermaat and his wife Itet (c. 2700 BC) (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Model of a household porch and garden, c. 1981–1975 BC (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The "weighing of the heart" scene from the Book of the Dead (from Egypt)
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  The well preserved Temple of Isis from Philae is an example of Egyptian architecture and architectural sculpture. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Change in per capita GDP of Egypt, 1820–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International dollars. (from Egypt)
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  The pyramids of Giza are among the most recognizable symbols of ancient Egyptian civilization. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  President el-Sisi with US President Joe Biden, 11 November 2022 (from Egypt)
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  The battle of Tel el-Kebir in 1882 during the Anglo-Egyptian War (from Egypt)
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  Portrait of Ptolemy VI Philometor wearing the double crown of Egypt (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Cairo University (from Egypt)
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  The Suez Canal Bridge (from Egypt)
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  Tanoura dancers performing in Wekalet El Ghoury, Cairo (from Egypt)
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  The Cairo Metro (line 2) (from Egypt)
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  Lower-class occupations (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Egypt's topography (from Egypt)
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  Hatshepsut's trading expedition to the Land of Punt (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Egyptian Museum of Cairo (from Egypt)
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  Anubis, the god associated with mummification and burial rituals, attending to a mummy (from Ancient Egypt)
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  A crowd at Cairo Stadium watching the Egypt national football team (from Egypt)
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  Menna and Family Hunting in the Marshes, Tomb of Menna, c. 1400 BC (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Egypt, 5 November 1956. (from Egypt)
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  The preserved Temple of Horus at Edfu is a model of Egyptian architecture. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Giza Necropolis is the oldest of the ancient Wonders and the only one still in existence. (from Egypt)
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  Arabic calligraphy has seen its golden age in Cairo. This adornment and beads being sold in Muizz Street (from Culture of Egypt)
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  Temple of Derr ruins in 1960 (from Egypt)
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  Egyptian tomb models as funerary goods (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Al-Azhar Park is listed as one of the world's sixty great public spaces by the Project for Public Spaces. (from Egypt)
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  Protesters from the Third Square movement, which supported neither the former Morsi government nor the Armed Forces, 31 July 2013 (from Egypt)
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  Seagoing ship of an expedition to Punt, from a relief of Hatshepsut's Mortuary temple, Deir el-Bahari (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Green irrigated land along the Nile amidst the desert and in the delta (from Egypt)
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  Tourists riding an Arabian camel in front of Pyramid of Khafre. The Giza Necropolis is one of Egypt's main tourist attractions. (from Egypt)
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  Wooden figures of soldiers, from the tomb of nomarch Mesehti (11th dynasty) (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Statues of two pharaohs of Egypt's Twenty-Fifth Dynasty and several other Kushite kings, Kerma Museum (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII and her son by Julius Caesar, Caesarion, at the Temple of Dendera (from Egypt)
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  Napoleon defeated the Mamluk troops in the Battle of the Pyramids, 21 July 1798, painted by Lejeune. (from Egypt)
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  Smart Village, a business district established in 2001 to facilitate the growth of high-tech businesses (from Egypt)
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  Ancient Egyptians playing music (from Egypt)
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  The Rosetta Stone (c. 196 BC) enabled linguists to begin deciphering ancient Egyptian scripts. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Pharaohs' tombs were provided with vast quantities of wealth, such as the golden mask from the mummy of Tutankhamun. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  A figure wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt, most probably Amenemhat II or Senwosret II. It functioned as a divine guardian for the imiut; the divine kilt, suggests that the statuette was not merely a representation of the living ruler. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Kushari, one of Egypt's national dishes (from Egypt)
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  Sennedjem plows his fields in Aaru with a pair of oxen, Deir el-Medina. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Edwin Smith surgical papyrus describes anatomy and medical treatments, written in hieratic, c. 1550 BC. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Egyptian honour guard soldiers during a visit of U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen (from Egypt)
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  The Amr ibn al-As mosque in Cairo, recognised as the oldest in Africa (from Egypt)
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  Measuring and recording the harvest, from the tomb of Menna at Thebes (Eighteenth Dynasty) (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Egypt is the eighth most water stressed country in the world. (from Egypt)
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  Ruins of Deir el-Medina (from Ancient Egypt)
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  British infantry near El Alamein, 17 July 1942 (from Egypt)
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  Hieroglyphs on stela in Louvre, c. 1321 BC (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Illustration of various types of capitals, by Karl Richard Lepsius (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Hosni Mubarak — president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011 (from Egypt)
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  The Weighing of the Heart from the Book of the Dead of Ani (from Egypt)
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  Tutankhamun charging enemies on his chariot, 18th dynasty (from Ancient Egypt)
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  An offshore platform in the Darfeel Gas Field (from Egypt)
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  Celebrating the signing of the 1978 Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Anwar Sadat (from Egypt)
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  Salah Zulfikar, film star (from Egypt)
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  Madrasa-Mosque of Sultan Hassan (from Egypt)
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  The Suez Canal (from Egypt)
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  Khafre enthroned (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Seated Scribe from Saqqara, 5th dynasty (from Ancient Egypt)
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  A tomb relief depicts workers plowing the fields, harvesting the crops, and threshing the grain under the direction of an overseer, painting in the tomb of Nakht. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Eastern Imperial Eagle is the national animal of Egypt. (from Egypt)
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  Egyptian literacy rate among the population aged 15 years and older by UNESCO Institute of Statistics (from Egypt)
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  Prominent Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd El-Fattah was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in December 2021. (from Egypt)
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  The pharaoh was usually depicted wearing symbols of royalty and power. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Early tomb painting from Nekhen, c. 3500 BC, Naqada, possibly Gerzeh culture (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Mansoura, 1960 (from Egypt)
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  Egypt's population density (people per km²) (from Egypt)
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  Pyramidion of Amenemhat III, capstone of the Black Pyramid (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Rectangular fishpond with ducks and lotus planted round with date palms and fruit trees, Tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, 18th Dynasty (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Egypt under Muhammad Ali dynasty (from Egypt)
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  Egyptians celebrated feasts and festivals, accompanied by music and dance. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  The Temple of Dendur, completed by 10 BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Coffin of Khnumnakht in 12th dynasty style, with palace facade, columns of inscriptions, and two Wedjat eyes (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Facsimile of the Astronomical chart in Senemut's tomb, 18th dynasty (from Ancient Egypt)
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  St. Mark Coptic Cathedral in Alexandria (from Egypt)
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  Four colossal statues of Ramesses II flank the entrance of his temple Abu Simbel. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Alexandria in 2017 (from Egypt)
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  The Narmer Palette depicts the unification of the Two Lands. (from Ancient Egypt)
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  A typical Naqada II jar decorated with gazelles (Predynastic Period) (from Ancient Egypt)
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  Female nationalists demonstrating in Cairo, 1919 (from Egypt)
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  The Qattara Depression in Egypt's north west (from Egypt)
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  Governorates of Egypt

  1. Matrouh2. Alexandria3. Beheira4. Kafr El Sheikh5. Dakahlia6. Damietta7. Port Said8. North Sinai9. Gharbia10. Monufia11. Qalyubia12. Sharqia13. Ismailia14. Giza15. Faiyum16. Cairo17. Suez18. South Sinai19. Beni Suef20. Minya21. New Valley22. Asyut23. Red Sea24. Sohag25. Qena26. Luxor27. Aswan

  (from Egypt)
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  Cairo grew into a metropolitan area with a population of over 20 million. (from Egypt)
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  Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt (from Egypt)