Private Guided Day Tour to Tanis Bubastis and the Suez Canal from Cairo
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Combine visiting Tanis which you will find it in the bible (biblical name Zoan) and the site of royal tombs, Bubastis, which was the cult center of the cat goddess, and by visiting Ismailia you will pass by the Suez Canal.
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