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  Pyramids Mycerinus, Chephren and Cheops at Giza, with Cairo suburbs as background

  © Anders Blomqvist

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  Tombs, known to foreigners as 'City of the Dead'

  © Juliet Coombe

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  Imposing entrance to the Luxor Temple lit at night

  © Mark Parkes

Egypt: Overview

In the 5th century BC Herodotus wrote of Egypt that 'nowhere are there so many marvellous things...nor in the world besides are to be seen so many things of unspeakable greatness' - and not too much has changed. The Sphinx, the Nile, ancient Luxor, the pyramids - Egypt's scope is glorious.