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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.
	Khan el Khalili-Cairo-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Islamic Cairo is one of the best areas to observe the daily life of the city: craftsmen, cafes, stalls, spices and parfums shops.
	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.
	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
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Step Pyramid of Djoser-Sakkara-Egypt Author: Marta Leonor Vidal Text: Sakkara, 30 kilometers of Cairo, is best known for the Step Pyramid, the oldest known of Egypt's 97 pyramids. It was built for King Djoser of the 3rd Dynasty by the architect and genius Imhotep.
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