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Also Known As	Sheikh ʿIbade

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Antinoöpolis historic site, Egypt

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Al-Minyā

governorate, Egypt

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Egypt

country, Africa

Side view of the Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu rising behind it on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt.

ancient Egypt

ancient civilization

Roman Forum

ancient Rome

ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

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Hadrian

Hadrian

Roman emperor

Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)

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Tomb of Mohammed Bin Ali, Salalah, Oman.

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