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  2. List of Egyptian castles, forts, fortifications and city walls

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    Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, a Ramesside fort near the Libyan coast where trade goods were found. For example, cakes of Egyptian blue pigment, brought there for export, were found, [58] along with indications of exotic imports such as olive oil and wine. [59]

  3. Pithom - Wikipedia

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    Early on, the location of Pithom—just like the locations of other similar sites, such as Tanis—had been the subject of much conjecture and debate. The 10th-century Jewish scholar Saadia Gaon identified Pithom's location in his Judeo-Arabic translation of the Hebrew Bible as the Faiyum, 100 kilometres (62 miles) southwest of Cairo. [9]

  4. Babylon Fortress - Wikipedia

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    Babylon lay northeast of Memphis, on the east bank of the Nile, and near the commencement of the Canal of the Pharaohs connecting the Nile to the Red Sea.It was the boundary town between Lower and Middle Egypt, where the river craft paid tolls when ascending or descending the Nile.

  5. List of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Kentucky. [1] There are 33 such landmarks in Kentucky; one landmark has had its designation withdrawn. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap

  6. List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of known ancient Egyptian towns and cities. [1] The list is for sites intended for permanent settlement and does not include fortresses and other locations of intermittent habitation. a capital of ancient Egypt

  7. Architecture of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Military architecture was the supreme expression of the Ayyubid period. The most radical change Saladin implemented in Egypt was enclosing Cairo and Fustat within a single city wall. [51] Some fortification techniques were learned from the Crusaders, such as curtain walls following the natural topography.

  8. Hierakonpolis - Wikipedia

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    Possible illustration of the conflict between Abydos and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, Louvre Museum, 3300–3200 BCE. [1]Nekhen (/ ˈ n ɛ k ə n /, Ancient Egyptian: nḫn), also known as Hierakonpolis (/ ˌ h aɪər ə ˈ k ɒ n p ə l ɪ s /; Greek: Ἱεράκων πόλις, romanized: Hierákōn pólis, meaning City of Hawks or City of Falcons, [2] [3] a reference ...

  9. Bab Zuweila - Wikipedia

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    This name was given because Fatimid soldiers from this tribe were lodged in this area when the gate was first created in 969 during the Fatimid founding of Cairo. [1] In Coptic tradition the name was associated with Biblical Zebulun (Coptic: ⲍⲉⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ). [3] The gate later acquired the popular name Bab al-Mitwali [1] or Bawabbat al ...

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