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Originally commissioned by President Anwar Sadat to memorialize the soldiers who died in the October 1973 War, the President himself would die within sight of the memorial, which would become his final resting place.
This modern-day pyramid symbolizes the eternal spirit of the Egyptian people and their long, complex history.
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