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Cairo is also associated with Ancient Egypt due to its proximity to the ancient cities of Memphis, Giza and Fustat which are nearby to the Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza.
The area around present-day Cairo, especially Memphis, had long been a focal point of Ancient Egypt due to its strategic location just upstream from the Nile Delta.
Rick Dees, at the time a radio DJ in Memphis, Tennessee, recorded " Disco Duck " ( 1976 ) and " Dis-Gorilla " ( 1977 ); Frank Zappa parodied the lifestyles of disco dancers in " Dancin ' Fool " on his 1979 Sheik Yerbouti album, and " Disco Boy " on his 1976 Zoot Allures album ; and " Weird Al " Yankovic's 1981 eponymous debut album includes a disco song called " Gotta Boogie ", an extended pun on the similarity of the disco subgenre name " boogie " to the American slang word " booger " and its British counterpart " bogey ".
announced its bid for a team, and Jacksonville was ultimately chosen as one of five finalists, along with Charlotte, St. Louis, Baltimore and Memphis.
* The 32-story Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee ( a city named after the ancient Egyptian capital whose name itself was derived from the name of one of its pyramids ).
Hence, although the government of Egypt had been Greek-speaking ever since the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Memphis decree, like the two preceding decrees in the series, included texts in Egyptian to display its relevance to the general populace by way of the literate Egyptian priesthood.
Tennessee is known for its country ham and Memphis, TN is known for several famous barbecue restaurants and a major barbecue cooking competition held in May.
** The Memphis Belle's crew becomes the first aircrew in the 8th Air Force to complete its 25-mission tour of duty.
Memphis developed as a transportation center in the 19th century because of its flood-free location, high above the Mississippi River.
As a result, Memphis temporarily lost its city charter and was a taxing district from 1878 – 1893.
Memphis is well known for its cultural contributions to the identity of the American South.
Since its founding, Memphis has been home to persons of many different faiths.
The month-long series of events promotes Memphis ' heritage and outreach of its people far beyond the city's borders.
Carnival Memphis, formerly known as the Memphis Cotton Carnival, is an annual series of parties and festivities in June that salutes various aspects of Memphis and its industries.
The Indie Memphis Film Festival is in its 15th year and will be held November 1 – 4, 2012.
The Memphis International Film and Music Festival is held in April and is in its 11th year and takes place at Malco's Ridgeway Four.
Many works of fiction and literature use Memphis as their setting, giving a diverse portrait of the city, its history, and its citizens.
A large volume of railroad freight moves through Memphis, because of its two heavy-duty Mississippi River railroad crossings, which carry several major east-west railroad freight lines, and also because of the major north-south railroad lines through Memphis which connect with such major cities as Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Louisville, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Mobile, and Birmingham.
Delta Air Lines has announced the closing of its Memphis pilot base in 2012.
MLGW still buys most of its power from TVA, and the company pumps its own fresh water from the Memphis Aquifer, using more than 180 water wells.

Memphis and necropolis
A necropolis for the high priests of Memphis dating precisely from the 22nd dynasty has been found west of the forum.
As in the Late Period, the catacombs in which the remains of the sacred bulls were buried gradually grew in size, and later took on a monumental appearance that confirms the growth of the cult's hypostases throughout the country, and particularly in Memphis and its necropolis.
The famed stepped Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara, the Memphis necropolis.
Saqqara (, ), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English (), is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, serving as the necropolis for the Ancient Egyptian capital, Memphis.
The area running from Giza to Dahshur has been used as necropolis by the inhabitants of Memphis at different times, and it has been designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979.
The Pyramid of Djoser ( Zoser ), or step pyramid ( kbhw-ntrw in Egyptian ) is an archeological remain in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis.
The first king of the Old Kingdom was Djoser ( sometime between 2691 and 2625 BC ) of the third dynasty, who ordered the construction of a pyramid ( the Step Pyramid ) in Memphis ' necropolis, Saqqara.
" The first notable pharaoh of the Old Kingdom was Djoser ( 2630 – 2611 BC ) of the Third Dynasty, who ordered the construction of a pyramid ( the Step Pyramid ) in Memphis ' necropolis, Saqqara.
Most importantly, the oldest mastaba at the North Saqqara necropolis of Memphis, dates to his reign.
The Heptanomite Busiris was in fact a hamlet standing at one extremity of the necropolis of Memphis.

Memphis and which
He visited the ruins of Babylon and the subterranean secret of Memphis and spent ten years alone in the great southern desert of Arabia — the Roba El Khaliyeh or " Empty Space " of the ancients — and " Dahna " or " Crimson " desert of the modern Arabs, which is held to be inhabited by protective evil spirits and monsters of death.
At the time of his appointment, his destination Nashville had been evacuated by the Confederates after the fall of Ft. Donelson, and the government which he was displacing had fled to Memphis.
There are also recordings featuring the harmonica in jug bands, of which the Memphis Jug Band is the most famous.
In 2001, the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, which left the Raptors as the only Canadian team in the NBA.
* A lodge called Mystica Aeterna within the Masonic Order of Memphis and Mizraim, which Steiner led from 1906 until around 1914.
Stax's next major hit, the Mar-Keys ' instrumental " Last Night " ( also released in 1961 ) introduced the rawer Memphis soul sound for which Stax became known.
In 1878 Memphis was hit with an unusually large amount of rain, which led to an increase in the mosquito population.
She was present at the opening of the National Civil Rights Museum in her hometown of Memphis, for which she lent some financial support.
This makes Memphis the second largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed only by metropolitan Nashville, which has overtaken Memphis in recent years.
Shelby County is located over four natural aquifers, one of which is recognized as the " Memphis sand aquifer " or simply as the " Memphis aquifer ".
The city is home to Memphis International Airport, the world's second busiest cargo airport ( following Hong Kong ), which serves as the primary hub for FedEx Express shipping and was a secondary hub for Delta Air Lines after it merged with Northwest Airlines in 2008.
Several major motion pictures, most of which were recruited and assisted by the Memphis & Shelby County Film and Television Commission, have been filmed in Memphis, including Making the Grade ( 1984 ), Elvis and Me ( 1988 ), Great Balls of Fire!
The Memphis Police Department's use of the FBI National Incident Based Reporting System, which is a more detailed method of reporting crimes than what is used in many other major cities, has been cited as a reason for Memphis's frequent appearance on lists of most dangerous U. S. cities.
The only inter-city passenger railroad service to Memphis for many decades has been the daily City of New Orleans train, operated by Amtrak, which has one train northbound and one train southbound each day between Chicago and New Orleans.
Memphis has the second-busiest cargo port on the Mississippi River, which is also the fourth-busiest inland port in the United States.
Prior to that, Memphis was served by two primary electric companies, which were merged into the Memphis Power Company.

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