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  2. Faiyum Oasis - Wikipedia

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    Site of Faiyum Oasis (directly southwest of Cairo, listed as Al-Fayyum) on a map of Egypt Map showing Faiyum Oasis. The Faiyum Oasis (Arabic: واحة الفيوم Waḥet El Fayyum) is a depression or basin in the desert immediately west of the Nile river, 62 miles south of Cairo, Egypt.

  3. Pyramid of Djoser - Wikipedia

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    Perspective view, plan and elevation images Djoser's Pyramid Complex taken from a 3d model. Djoser was the first or second king of the 3rd Dynasty (c. 2670 –2650 BC) of the Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2686 – c. 2125 BC). [1]

  4. Battle of the Pyramids - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Pyramids, also known as the Battle of Embabeh, was a major engagement fought on 21 July 1798, during the French Invasion of Egypt. The battle took place near the village of Embabeh, across the Nile River from Cairo, but was named by Napoleon after the Great Pyramid of Giza visible nearly nine miles away.

  5. Abu Simbel - Wikipedia

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    Abu Simbel is a historic site comprising two massive rock-cut temples in the village of Abu Simbel (Arabic: أبو سمبل), Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt, near the border with Sudan.

  6. Land of Goshen - Wikipedia

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    Aerial map showing the extent of Goshen. The land of Goshen (Hebrew: אֶרֶץ גֹּשֶׁן, ʾEreṣ Gōšen) is named in the Hebrew Bible as the place in Egypt given to the Hebrews by the pharaoh of Joseph (Book of Genesis, Genesis 45:9–10), and the land from which they later left Egypt at the time of the Exodus.

  7. Memphis, Egypt - Wikipedia

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    James Rennell's map of Memphis and Cairo in 1799, showing the changes in the course of the Nile river In 1652 during his trip to Egypt, Jean de Thévenot identified the location of the site and its ruins, confirming the accounts of the old Arab authors for Europeans.

  8. Giza - Wikipedia

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    Giza (/ ˈ ɡ iː z ə /; sometimes spelled Gizah, Gizeh, Geeza, Jiza; Arabic: الجيزة, romanized: al-Jīzah, pronounced [ald͡ʒiːzah], Egyptian Arabic: الجيزة el-Gīza [elˈgiːzæ]) [3] is the third-largest city in Egypt by area after Cairo and Alexandria; and fourth-largest city in Africa by population after Kinshasa, Lagos, and Cairo.

  9. 6th of October (city) - Wikipedia

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    It is 32 km (20 mi) from the center of Cairo and 17 km (11 mi) from the great pyramids of Giza. Despite having many unfinished or vacant buildings, the city has a total area of 482 km 2 (119,000 acres) and is eventually expected to have six million residents. [4] It was announced as the capital of the 6th of October Governorate in April 2008.

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