Tuesday 9 May 2023

ARMENIA

This cover came from Armenia and depicts one stamp (on the right) celebrating the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Egypt Memphis and its Necropolis the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur. The capital of the Old Kingdom of Egypt has some extraordinary funerary monuments, including rock tombs, ornate mastabas, temples and pyramids. In ancient times, the site was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979.