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... that Japanese
samurai
visited Egypt as part of the
Ikeda Mission
in 1864, and took this photograph in front of
the Sphinx
?
... that the
Alexandrian calendar
, based on the ancient
Egyptian calendar
, was used for fiscal purposes in Egypt until the
adoption of the Gregorian calendar
in 1875, and is still used today by the
Coptic Orthodox Church
and the
fellahin
(peasantry) of Egypt?
... that the
Abu Haggag Mosque
, formerly a church, is integrated into the
Luxor Temple
, making it the oldest building in the world continuously in use?
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