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Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it

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"Egypt, the Egypt of antiquity, at a later time, exercised a mysterious fascination over me. I recognized a picture of it immediately, without hesitation and astonishment, in an illustrated magazine"

- Pierre Loti

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This quote is written / told by Pierre Loti between January 14, 1850 and June 10, 1923. He/she was a famous Writer from France. The author also have 21 other quotes.

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