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City of the Dead

Cairo · Egypt

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City of the Dead, Egypt
Photo: Michal Huniewicz, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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A vast Islamic necropolis stretching below the Mokattam hills of Cairo, blending domed mausolea with inhabited tombs. Centuries of funerary architecture line its narrow lanes.

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