Posts filed under '200510.Cairo'
[0036].Sakara pyramid

The step pyramid at Sakara was built for King Dzoser, around 2600 BC, and it's the oldest complete stone building known until these days.
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[0035].Great Sphinx

The Great Sphinx is believed to stand as a guardian of the Giza Plateau, facing the rising sun. This monumental statue is a fabulous creature which has the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird.
An amazing moment!
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[0034].Me at the pyramids
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[0033].Keops pyramid

"From atop these pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you."
– Napoleon Bonaparte
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and the only still standing of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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[0032].Me at the entrance of Muhammad Ali Mosque
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[0031].Coptic column

The arcades of the Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qala'un Mosque and around it's courtyard are formed by marble columns with pre-Islamic capitals. This one was Coptic.
The word Copt is derived from the Greek word Aigyptos, which was, in turn, derived from "Hikaptah", one of the names for Memphis, the first capital of Ancient Egypt. The modern use of the term "Coptic" describes Egyptian Christians.
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[0030].Citadel
The Citadel of Cairo was built by Salah al-Din between 1176-1183 as a royal residence and military barracks. Over the course of its long history as the seat of government for the Ayyubid, Mamluk, Ottoman, and Khedival rulers of Egypt.
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