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Egypt, 2000 - Three local girls in colorful dresses walk through Mendes while balancing baskets on their heads. The baskets are filled with earth removed during an excavation at the Mendes dig site near Mansura in the Nile Delta. The bright yellow, red, and purple dresses stand out from the bland landscape.

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