The city calls itself the jewel of the “American Nile”, the Mississippi River.
There are permanent displays of Egyptian antiquities at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis.
The gates, walls and columns at the Memphis Zoo are decorated with Egyptian motifs and hieroglyphs.
There was once even a football team called Memphis Pharaohs.
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The Memphis Pyramid is located in downtown Memphis.
Thats more than two-third in size compared to the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The Memphis Pyramid was originally built to house a 20,000-seat sports and concert arena.
These were never built.
Between 2004 and 2007, the Memphis Pyramid saw few events.
Its last concert was performed by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band in February 3, 2007.
