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  2. Egyptian pound - Wikipedia

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    In 1885, Egypt went into a purely gold standard, and the Egyptian pound unit, known as the juneih, was introduced at E£1 = 7.4375 grammes of fine gold. This unit was chosen on the basis of the gold content in the British gold sovereign and maintaining the exchange value of 97.5 piastres to the pound sterling, and it replaced the Egyptian ...

  3. Mining industry of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Mining in Egypt has had a long history that dates back to predynastic times. Active mining began in Egypt around 3000 BCE. Egypt has substantial mineral resources, including 48 million tons of tantalite (fourth largest in the world), 50 million tons of coal, and an estimated 6.7 million ounces of gold in the Eastern Desert. [1]

  4. Economy of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The domestic supply price farmers receive in Egypt is E£1,200 (US$211) per ton compared to approximately E£1,940 (US$340) per ton for import from the US, Egypt's main supplier of wheat and corn. Egypt is the U.S.'s largest market for wheat and corn sales, accounting for US$1 billion annually and about 46% of Egypt's needs from imported wheat.

  5. File:Cairo, Egypt ESA349457.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Cairo’s various golf courses are also featured in this image, as well as the international airport, partly visible on the top right. Sentinel2-A has been in orbit since 23 June, and is a multispectral high-resolution imaging mission for land monitoring, to provide imagery of vegetation, soil and water cover, inland waterways and coastal areas.

  6. Egyptian gold stater - Wikipedia

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    Teos' successor Nectanebo II kept this practice, though coining his personal gold staters. Gold stater as a daric (about 8.42 grams), obverse with a prancing horse on the right, [1] reverse with the hieroglyphs nfr-nb. Small gold stater (about 2.56 grams, diameter 14-15 mm), with a probable picture of a leaping gazelle.

  7. A 5-story apartment building collapses in Cairo and kills at ...

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    CAIRO (AP) — A five-story apartment building collapsed Monday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, leaving at least 12 people dead, authorities said, as rescuers continued to search through the rubble.

  8. Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt becomes first athlete from Africa to ...

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    Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt became the first athlete from Africa to win the Olympic gold medal in modern pentathlon at the Paris Games on Saturday. Elgendy had a 17-second head start for the laser run ...

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Egypt ratified the convention on 7 February 1974, the second country to do so after the United States. [3] There are seven World Heritage Sites in Egypt, and a further 34 sites on the tentative list. [4] The first sites in Egypt were listed in 1979, when five properties were inscribed.