Most people think of Cairoand the Great Pyramids when they think of ancient Egypt, but the heartbeatof the magical pharaonicdynasties actually beat much further up the Nile at Thebes.

大部分人提到古埃及时就会想起开罗和金字塔，但在古埃及更为有名的还数都城底比斯。

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Three of the biggest man-made projects in the world are the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids of Egypt and the Aswan High Dam, which is also in Egypt.

世界上最大的三项人造工程是中国的长城，埃及的金字塔和阿斯旺高坝，它也在埃及。

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The pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China could not have been built without good management systems.

如果没有优良的管理系统，就不会有埃及金字塔和中国万里长城。

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London (CNN) -- Coal slag heaps up to 450-feet high may not seem the obvious candidates to join a list that includes the pyramids of Egypt, the Great Wall of China, and Yellowstone National Park.

CNN: Coal slag heaps join pyramids on World Heritage list

Egypt has reopened one of its great pyramids as it attempts to revive a tourism industry hit by last year's uprising.

BBC: Egypt reopens Pyramid of Chefren to tourists

Apparently, American cultural insensitivity was also on display, as Spalding recounts how in Egypt, U.S. ball players used one of the Great Pyramids for a backstop and photographed themselves atop the Sphinx, much to the chagrin of locals.

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