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This gallery has photographs of the main sites North of Cairo, usually visited privately as not part of most Egyptian tours, and includes Heliopolis, Tell Basta near Zagazig and Tanis near the north coast of Egypt
Alexandria Eastern Harbour eg9613613jhp 
 Egypt Egyptian Alexandria harbour fortress Quaitbay eastern fishing lone fisherman modern Mediterranean coastal city is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse of Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where there is an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 which is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages. 
 Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, lone, fisherman, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, waves, rocks, foam, colours, colourful, shore, seashore, landscape, September, 1996, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4, upright
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Collection: North of Cairo
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Alexandria Eastern Harbour eg9613613jhp
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Egypt Egyptian Alexandria harbour fortress Quaitbay eastern fishing lone fisherman

modern Mediterranean coastal city is no longer reminiscent of the ancient city from Pharaoh’s times and little of that ancient time remains. A few isolated sites can be visited and one of the most famous, the Lighthouse of Pharos is no longer and would have been in the far distant horizon of this photo of the Eastern Harbour where there is an old military fort built by Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 which is thought to have been built on its foundations. With a distinctly European feel to it, it is sometimes offered as a day trip on a Cairo package but is seldom part of the main Nile packages.
Keywords: Egypt: Egyptian, ancient, Alexandria, city, coast, Mediterranean, sea, harbour, lighthouse, bay, Eastern, boats, fishing, fishermen, lone, fisherman, fortress, Pharos, military, fort, Sultan, Qaitbay, sunshine, blue, sky, water, waves, rocks, foam, colours, colourful, shore, seashore, landscape, September, 1996, 645, transparency, film, Fuji, RDP2, 100asa, colour, scanned, scan, Bronica, ETRSi, medium, wide angle, 40mm f4, upright