Heliopolis (ancient Egypt)
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Heliopolis was a major city of ancient Egypt. It was the capital of the 13th or Heliopolite Nome of Lower Egypt and a major religious centre. It is now located in Ayn Shams, a northeastern district of Cairo.
Al-Masalla obelisk, the largest surviving monument from Heliopolis, pictured in 2001.
Model of a Votive Temple Gateway at Heliopolis, Dynasty XIX
Battle of Heliopolis during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1800
José recibido en Heliópolis, by Francisco Gutiérrez (currently held in the Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla)
Cairo
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Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East, the Greater Cairo metropolitan area, which is the 12th-largest in the world by population with a population of over 22.1 million.
Image: Cairo From Tower (cropped)
Image: Mosque of Ibn Tulun and spiral minaret of Mamluk Sultan Lajin, 1296, Cairo
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Image: Complex of Al Sultan Al Zahir Barquq 009