AKIPRESS.COM - The Great Pyramid in Egypt was lightened up in colors of French, Lebanese and Russian flags to express solidarity to the victims of attacks in Paris and Beirut and the Sinai plane crash.

The Great Pyramid of Khufu, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world still standing, was illuminated yesterday by projectors reproducing the flags of France and Russia and the green cedar of Lebanon.

Young Egyptians were staging an overnight candle-lit vigil at the foot of the more than 4,500-year-old giant monument on the Giza plateau on the outskirts of Cairo. The tourism and antiquities ministries organised the ceremony to “mourn the innocent lives lost around the world”, paying tribute “to the victims of the crash of the Russian airplane and attacks in Lebanon and France”.

Russian airliner Kogalymavia Airbus A-321 crashed in Sinai, Egypt on October 31 claiming lives of all people aboard - 224.

At least 129 people were killed and 352 wounded in the attacks in Paris on Friday night. Ninety-nine of the wounded are reported to be in a very serious condition.

Last week, Beirut was attacked by bombs that killed 44 people. The attack's original target was a hospital, officials said on Sunday.