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Cairo Tower
At a height of 600 feet, this tower offers magnificent views of the entire city and monuments from its revolving rooftop restaurant and bar.
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Citadel (Al-Qalaa)
This massive stone fortress, built by Salah ad-Din in the 12th century, was crowned with the Mosque of Mohammed Ali 700 years later.
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Coptic Museum
Housing some of the finest collections of Coptic art dating back to Egypt’s Christian era, this museum includes collections of ancient ankhs and Horus-like falcons, stone carvings from the era of the Mamluks, a 6th-century Coptic stone pulpit and the 1,600-year-old Coptic book of the Psalms of David.
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Gayer-Anderson Museum (Bayt al-Kiritliya)
This museum features the items of antiquity collected by John Gayer-Anderson, a British member of the Egyptian civil service in the 1930s and ‘40s, who restored two adjacent 16th- and 17th-century houses decorated with mashrabiyya screens and marble inlays.
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Hanging Church (El Muallaqa, Sitt Mariam, St Mary)
This church, originally built in the ancient fortress of Babylon in Old Cairo around 4th century AD, derives its name from its location suspended above two Roman gate towers.
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Memphis
The site of the early capital of Egypt has rock tombs and some statues.
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Mosque of Al-Azhar
The oldest university in the world is built around this ancient mosque, which has been the center of Islamic scholarship since 975 AD.
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Abdeen Palace Museum
Formerly serving as a royal palace until the end of the monarchy in 1952, this history museum features a large collection of weapons and medals including knives, guns, cannons and an exhibit of medals.
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Alabaster Mosque (Mohammad Ali Mosque)
Located in the Citadel, this mosque was built between 1824 and 1857 in the Ottoman style by Mohammad Ali Pasha, a ruler of Egypt.
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Colossus of Ramses II
This massive statue carved in limestone is more than 33 feet long and is located in the museum built to protect it.
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Saqqara (Sakkara) Pyramids
This is one of the most extensive archaeological sites comprising many important monuments such as the Step Pyramid of Djoser, Pyramid of Unas, Pyramid of Sekhemket, Mastaba of Ti and the deep underground Persian Tombs.
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Al-Fayoum Oasis
Al-Fayoum is Egypt's largest oasis. The oasis is about 100km (62 miles) southwest of Cairo.
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Church of St. Barbara
Considered one of Egypt’s largest and most magnificent churches, this religious site features a domed asp with seven steps decorated in bands of black, white and red marble.
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