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Join us to explore the history and culture of Egypt from before the Pharaohs into the Age of Alexander and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Marc Antony; the rise of Christianity and its fall to Islamic conquerors; into the age of the Caliphs, the Mamelukes and Napoleon Bonaparte; the rise of modern Egypt beginning with Mohammed Ali and the modern Egyptian republic.
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