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Cities, regions & natural places

Cairo · Cities & capitals

Cairo is often introduced through a pyramid photograph, but that can leave the geography muddled. The historic city, the west-bank city of Giza, the…

Egypt · Seas & oceans

The Suez Canal is easy to recognize as a shortcut on a world map, but a closer view raises better questions. Why does the…