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Egypt (エジプト) is a major location featured in the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders. It is where DIO was hiding until the Joestar Group became aware of his revival and sought out to destroy him. It is also the home country of Muhammad Avdol as well as a few other characters.

Some of its recent history is shared through the short story Iggy the Stray Dog.

Summary
Egypt is a large country in northeast corner of that is connected to the  by the. It is bordered by the to the north and has an approximate area of 1,010,000 km² as well as a population of just over 100 million people.

During the events of Stardust Crusaders Egypt serves as the main base of operations for DIO and his minions, with his mansion being located at the heart of the country.

Sometime in the year 1986 a secretive young man in an archelolgical excavation of the country found some buried arrows that he sold to an old woman named Enya Geil. This woman then turned to DIO and unleahed the Stand manifesting powers of them awakening The World and the other Joestar Stands. Two years later in July of 1988, DIO went to search for Avdol in the country, who fled upon recognizing him from Joseph's stories. Then in August of the same year, he encounters Noriaki Kakyoin who is on vacation and brainwashes him into going after Jotaro.

Eventually, the group arrives in the country after their encounter with High Priestess only to be informed of nine more Stand Users loyal to DIO. With their new ally in the form of a dog, the heroes begin searching the country for DIO, their only clue being the spirit photographs taken by Hermit Purple. As they get closer and closer to deafeating DIO once and for all, more and more of these remaining Stand Users block their path.

In the Steel Ball Run universe, the coutry is home to Urmd Avdul, who crosses the on camel-back three times anually.

Locations
During the events of Stardust Crusaders many cities in the country are visited by the Joestar Group, usullay situated along the. These cities include Aswan, Kom Ombo, Luxor, and the capital.

Video Games
In All Star Battle, Eyes of Heaven, and Last Survivor the capital city Cairo, appears as selectable stages in various forms.



All Star Battle

 * Stage Hazard: Wilson Phillips's car drives through the players on DIO's orders.
 * Situation Finish: The loser is sent flying and crashing into a water tower, recreating Noriaki Kakyoin's death.

Eyes of Heaven

 * Stage Hazard: Players knocked into the neon "AIR" sign will cause the individual letters to malfunction and fall forward, dealing additional damage to the victim and electrocuting anybody in range.
 * Situation Finish: Loser is sent crashing into a water tower, recreating Kakyoin's death scene. If Kakyoin himself is the victim, the manga panel showing his death appears, and his body is left there for the rest of the match.

Last Survivor
Cairo was announced on as the second stage on Last Survivor on November 24, 2020 and was released on December 16th of the same year. Unlike Morioh, the Cairo stage is significantly smaller and only has one possible area to play in.