Fortress Kayt Bay – located on the peninsula of Pharos. It was built on the site of one of the seven wonders of the world. The fortress also houses the Maritime Museum. The tombs of Kom el-Shoqaf (catacombs) are the largest complex of tombs in Egypt, excavated from a rock that was discovered in 1900….
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Egypt 2008
Yearbook 2008 Egypt. The country was shaken during the year by protests aimed at high food prices, low wages, privatizations and layoffs. Industrial workers and lower officials, but also doctors and university teachers, were reported to have carried out wild strikes. Several of the protests took center stage in the textile industrial city of al-Mahalla…