Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (1 of 2)

Like the USA at Arlington Cemetery outside Washington, DC; Egypt has a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier honoring it's military. In 1973 this Memorial was expanded to celebrate the 1973 Six-Day War. This is interesting in that after losing ground to Isreal during the 1967 Six-Day War, Egypt in alliance with Syria attacked Isreal on Yom Kippur 10/6/1973. There were early victories during the first 24-48 hrs, but Isreal drove Syria completely out of the Golan Heights and cutoff the Egyptian Army just as the UN ceasefire went into effect, thus they gained nothing. Later, Egypt signed the Camp David Accord and remains the only Arab country to recognize Isreal. Guess they are celebrating those early victories as they did not win that war or gain any territory.