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By then Islam was in control, and they actually destroyed a lot of it. They're the ones who blew the Sphinx's nose off, stripped the great pyramids of their outer casings, built a Muslim fort where the lighthouse of Alexandria once stood, and destroyed only God knows how many artifacts, which they're STILL doing to this day. It's all in the name of a religion that commands them to destroy anything un-Islamic. The Egyptian government tries to preserve their history because they know that it's their #1 source of revenue that supports the entire country, but regular citizens don't give a fuck.

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