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Pictures of Cairo - Egypt: Pyramids, Mosques, Palaces, Museums. Pyrmids of Khefren, Keops, Great Sphinx, Saqqarah...
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The Red Pyramid-Dashur-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The "Red Pyramid" in Dashur (named for the red limestone used in its construction), is the oldest true pyramid in Egypt and the immediate predecessor of the pyramids that would come later.
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Khephren Pyramid-Giza-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The Pyramid of Khafre is the second largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza. It has a base length of 215.25 m and originally rises to a height of 143.5 m. The Pyramid is made of limestone blocks.
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Pyramid of Menkaure-Giza-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The Pyramid of Menkaure is the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza. Originally the first sixteen courses of the exterior were made of pink granite.
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The Black Pyramid-Dashur-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Dahshur, a royal necropolis 40 kilometres south of Cairo, has only recently been opened to the public, having been a military zone until 1996. The mostly ruined Black Pyramid of Amenemhet III is off limits to visitors. Its black granite pyramidion (top-most stone) can be seen in the Cairo Museum.
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Entrance-Sakkara-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Sakkara is one section of the great necropolis of Memphis, the Old Kingdom capital and the kings of the 1st and 2nd Dynasty.
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Bab al Futuh or Gate of Conquest-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The Bab al Futuh, or Gate of Conquest, flanked by two rounded towers, marks the northern boundary of the old Fatimid City.
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Bab al Nasr or Gate of Victory-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: Bab al Nasr is the only one of the three major gates of ancient Cairo composed of two rectangular towers. Bonaparte's troops used it to protect themselves from the rebellious Cairo population.
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Bab Zuwayla-Cairo-Egypt
Author: Marta Leonor Vidal
Text: The two minarets that spring from the towers belong to the Mosque of al-Mu'ayyad, which is located just inside the gate. They were placed atop the gate some 400 years after it was built, and make it seem far mightier than the Northern Gates.
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