Many may not know that the USA's very own Statue of Liberty was originally designed to be placed not in New York but in Port Said. The ancient towering Pharaonic sculptures at Abu Simbel temple in Luxor were in fact an inspiration for Auguste Bartholdi, the statue's designer who initially had the idea of Egypt carrying the light of Asia rather than the USA's Lady of Liberty.
~FIFA
http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/destination/cities/city=39024/index.html
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I heard of this long ago, but I thought it was just a rumor.