EGYPT

Location - Middle East/North Africa; Capital - Cairo; Population - 77 million; Currency - Egypt Pound MORE EGYPT

I flew from Nairobi to Cairo for my second visit to Egypt, in the Summer of 1993.

1 Egyptian Pound, with Abu Simbel on the front

This gives you an idea of how close the Giza Pyramids are to urban areas - you can just make one out above the white van to the right of the post

King Zoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara - older than the Pyramids at Giza

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LINKS

www.egypt.travel - the Egyptian tourist office

www.gotoegypt.org

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