CAIRO: With a shaky economy following years of unrest and a huge drop in tourists, Egypt is struggling to preserve its fabled archaeological heritage.

From Alexandria on the Mediterranean to the Great Pyramid of Giza—the last of the Seven Wonders of the World—and Aswan to the south, the North African country is home to impressive ancient monuments.

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