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Draizelle Sexon
Draizelle Sexon

Egypt is located in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, Libya, Gaza Strip, and Red Sea. It has a population of over 76 million people and its primary religion is Islam. Some of Egypt's top travel sights include the Pyramids of Giza and Sphinx, the Temples of Karnak, and the Valley of the Kings. Ancient Egypt was home to many important gods such as Ra, the sun god; Osiris, god of the dead; Isis, wife of Osiris; and Horus, son of Isis and Osiris.

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EGYPT
MAP OF EGYPT
EGYPT LOCATION: situated in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Libya is on its western border and the Gaza Strip and the Red Sea makes up the eastern border. The Sudan lies on Egypt's southern border
LAND BOUNDARIES Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km and the Sudan 1,273 km
GEOGRAPHY Egypt covers 95,450 sq km , slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico, US. It has a desert climate with hot, dry summers and moderate winters. The country is basically a vast desert plateau interrupted by the Nile valley and delta. Its lowest point is at the Qattara Depression -133 m, and the highest point is Mount Catherine at 2,629 m. Natural hazards that afflict the country are: Periodic droughts, frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides and a hot, driving windstorm called  khamsin  which occurs in the spring.
POPULATION More than 76 million people live in Egypt. Life expectancy is around 70 years. Birth rate is on average 2.95 per woman. Literacy rate is 68% for men and only 47% for women.
LANGUAGES Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
ETHNIC GROUPS Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) 99%. Greek, Nubian, Armenian and other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
RELIGION Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and others 6%
A QUICK HISTORY The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries. 
A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517. Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II.
The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure.
TOP TRAVEL SIGHTS IN EGYPT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA AND THE SPHINX
MEDIEVAL CAIRO
ABU SIMBEL
TEMPLES OF KARNAK
FELUCCA ON THE NILE
VALLEY OF THE KINGS
SIWA OASIS
HURGHADA
LUXOR TEMPLE
EGYPTIAN MUSEUM AT CAIRO
EGYPTIAN GODS
RA God of the Sun King of the Gods a falcon crowned with a sun disk or a man with a falcon's head greatest of the gods
HATHOR / SEKHMET the Goddess of love, music, dance cow horns and sundisk on head goddess of joy, motherhood, and love Had another side, Sekhmet, goddess with lion’d head
NUT The Sky Goddess blue with golden stars married to the King of the Gods, Ra, but she was in love with Geb
GEB the Earth God colour of plants and fertile Nile mud the Earth, lying beneath her
OSIRIS God of the Dead  dressed in white with crook and flail and white crown Husband of Isis and Father of Horus
SETH Brother of Osiris God of the desert, storm and violence  animal head with long curved pointed snout carries a sceptre, which has his head on top and his tail at the other end
HORUS Son of Isis and Osiris shown as a hawk, or a man with a hawk's head and the crown of all Egypt crown is made of two parts. The white part is the crown of Upper Egypt (in the south) and the red part is the crown of Lower Egypt (including the Nile delta). 
ISIS Wife of Osiris and Mother of Horus Queen of Goddess  with a throne or sun disk and horns on her head a great healer and magician got her magic powers by tricking Ra
THOTH Husband of Ma'at God of Wisdom, Time, Writing and the Moon  head of an ibis invented hieroglyphs measurer of the earth and the counter of the stars, the keeper and recorder of all knowledge
ANUBIS God of Embalming  head of jackal invented embalming to embalm Osiris, the first mummy guide of the dead
MA’AT Wife of Thoth Goddess of Justice  ostrich feather in her hair helped at the Weighing of the Heart goddess of truth and harmony
AMUN God of Creation  crowned with ostrich feathers an important god, but there are no stories about him sometimes spelled Ammon his sacred animal is a ram
BASTET Daughter of Ra  Proctectress of Cats Originally she had the head of a lion sometimes called bast
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  • 3. EGYPT LOCATION: situated in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Libya is on its western border and the Gaza Strip and the Red Sea makes up the eastern border. The Sudan lies on Egypt's southern border
  • 4. LAND BOUNDARIES Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km and the Sudan 1,273 km
  • 5. GEOGRAPHY Egypt covers 95,450 sq km , slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico, US. It has a desert climate with hot, dry summers and moderate winters. The country is basically a vast desert plateau interrupted by the Nile valley and delta. Its lowest point is at the Qattara Depression -133 m, and the highest point is Mount Catherine at 2,629 m. Natural hazards that afflict the country are: Periodic droughts, frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides and a hot, driving windstorm called  khamsin  which occurs in the spring.
  • 6. POPULATION More than 76 million people live in Egypt. Life expectancy is around 70 years. Birth rate is on average 2.95 per woman. Literacy rate is 68% for men and only 47% for women.
  • 7. LANGUAGES Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
  • 8. ETHNIC GROUPS Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) 99%. Greek, Nubian, Armenian and other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
  • 9. RELIGION Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and others 6%
  • 10. A QUICK HISTORY The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt for the next three millennia. The last native dynasty fell to the Persians in 341 B.C., who in turn were replaced by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines. It was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic language in the 7th century and who ruled for the next six centuries. 
  • 11. A local military caste, the Mamluks took control about 1250 and continued to govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517. Following the completion of the Suez Canal in 1869, Egypt became an important world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt. Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's government in 1882, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914. Partially independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II.
  • 12. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world), limited arable land, and dependence on the Nile all continue to overtax resources and stress society. The government has struggled to ready the economy for the new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in communications and physical infrastructure.
  • 13. TOP TRAVEL SIGHTS IN EGYPT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA AND THE SPHINX
  • 18. VALLEY OF THE KINGS
  • 23. EGYPTIAN GODS
  • 24. RA God of the Sun King of the Gods a falcon crowned with a sun disk or a man with a falcon's head greatest of the gods
  • 25. HATHOR / SEKHMET the Goddess of love, music, dance cow horns and sundisk on head goddess of joy, motherhood, and love Had another side, Sekhmet, goddess with lion’d head
  • 26. NUT The Sky Goddess blue with golden stars married to the King of the Gods, Ra, but she was in love with Geb
  • 27. GEB the Earth God colour of plants and fertile Nile mud the Earth, lying beneath her
  • 28. OSIRIS God of the Dead  dressed in white with crook and flail and white crown Husband of Isis and Father of Horus
  • 29. SETH Brother of Osiris God of the desert, storm and violence  animal head with long curved pointed snout carries a sceptre, which has his head on top and his tail at the other end
  • 30. HORUS Son of Isis and Osiris shown as a hawk, or a man with a hawk's head and the crown of all Egypt crown is made of two parts. The white part is the crown of Upper Egypt (in the south) and the red part is the crown of Lower Egypt (including the Nile delta). 
  • 31. ISIS Wife of Osiris and Mother of Horus Queen of Goddess  with a throne or sun disk and horns on her head a great healer and magician got her magic powers by tricking Ra
  • 32. THOTH Husband of Ma'at God of Wisdom, Time, Writing and the Moon  head of an ibis invented hieroglyphs measurer of the earth and the counter of the stars, the keeper and recorder of all knowledge
  • 33. ANUBIS God of Embalming  head of jackal invented embalming to embalm Osiris, the first mummy guide of the dead
  • 34. MA’AT Wife of Thoth Goddess of Justice  ostrich feather in her hair helped at the Weighing of the Heart goddess of truth and harmony
  • 35. AMUN God of Creation  crowned with ostrich feathers an important god, but there are no stories about him sometimes spelled Ammon his sacred animal is a ram
  • 36. BASTET Daughter of Ra  Proctectress of Cats Originally she had the head of a lion sometimes called bast