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Cairo: The City of a Thousand Minarets

by citiesintheworldCities, Nature, Places 09/18/202309/18/2023Comments are Disabled

Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is not just a city but a tapestry of history, culture, and civilization. Nestled near the Nile Delta, Cairo is the country’s largest city, housing over 10 million residents. It is also a part of the Greater Cairo metropolitan area, which is the 12th-largest in the world by population. The …

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by citiesintheworldCities 09/04/202209/04/2022Comments are Disabled

Cairo, Egypt’s sprawling capital, sits on the Nile River. In the heart of the city are Tahrir Square and the great Egyptian Museum, a treasure trove of antiquities, including royal mummies and gilded artifacts of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Nearby Giza is home to the famous pyramids and the Great Sphinx, which dates back to the 26th …