Construction Crane just behind the Karnak temple complex

Like many other historic sites in Egypt, Karnak too has a lot of modern civilization surrounding it. If you consider Giza (where the pyramids and the Sphinx are very close to urban civilization), then you get an idea of what I am talking about. In this photo, the construction crane is so close to the Karnak temple that you would think that it is actually inside the complex.
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