from Vigilant Citizen:
When one thinks of Egypt, one usually pictures the Great Pyramids of ancient times or the Islamic architecture of recent times. So when one comes across Baron Empain Palace—a bizarre building inspired by Hindu and Cambodian temples—it appears out of place. It’s almost as if it wasn’t built by Egyptians at all. That’s because it wasn’t.
The palace was built by Belgium-born Baron Édouard Empain, an extraordinarily wealthy industrialist best known for building the Paris Metro. During the end of the 19th century, Empain’s construction company took on massive infrastructure projects worldwide, some financed by the Rothschilds – the most powerful dynasty in modern history.