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Actually there are a lot more. Egypt's capital was changed over 16 times. Some of the capitals were Memphis, Thebes, Alexandria, Cairo, Amarna (Ahketaten) Lisht, Avaris, Pi-Ramesse, Tanis, Luxor, And Napata. Cities like Thebes and Memphis were capitals more than once. The present day capital of Egypt is Cairo. The first capital of Egypt was Memphis.

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