Inlay boxes at an antiques, handicrafts and religious paraphernalia street market opposite Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Egypt

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Cairo, Egypt - october 15, 2011 : Inlay boxes at an antiques, handicrafts and religious paraphernalia street market opposite Al-Azhar Mosque and university, the first mosque established in Cairo ( 972 ) and the second oldest continuously run university in the world after Al Karaouine in Fes. Al-Azhar University is regarded as the foremost institution for the study of Sunni theology and sharia, or Islamic law.

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Size: 3168px × 4752px
Location: Mezquita de al-Azhar, El-Darb El-Ahmar, Egipto
Photo credit: © Luis Dafos / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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