The carved stone dome that Egyptians carry in their pockets on the pound note.
Completed in 1474 in the Northern Cemetery, the funerary complex of Sultan Qaitbay is regarded as the pinnacle of Mamluk architecture. Its dome, chiseled with a dazzling interlace of stars and arabesques, is so admired that it appears on the Egyptian one-pound note.
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