The so called City of the Dead is a huge cemetery in Cairo, where mausoleums have been squatted by the city's poor.

The so called City of the Dead is a huge cemetery in Cairo, where mausoleums have been squatted by the city's poor. Stock Photo
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Aroon Thaewchatturat / Alamy Stock Photo

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C395FY

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28.8 MB (683.1 KB Compressed download)

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3888 x 2592 px | 32.9 x 21.9 cm | 13 x 8.6 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

16 September 2010

Location:

Cairo, Egypt

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A mausoleum turned private home. Cairo's cemeteries are called Cities of the Dead. Many of the mausoleums in Africa's largest city have been occupied by the poor who live on top of the graves as they can't afford to pay rent and as there's not enough housing.