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Title: Egypt The Land of the Nile


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Egypt The Land of the Nile
  • By Lauren Dolen

2
Location
  • Country in North Africa
  • Bordering Countries
  • Libya on the west
  • Sudan on the south
  • Red Sea and Sinai Peninsula to the east
  • Mediterranean Sea to the north

3
Major Cities
  • Cairo
  • Capital of Egypt
  • Largest city in Africa
  • Giza
  • Valley of Kings
  • Cairo University (Egypt's largest University)

4
General Information
  • Population
  • 77, 505, 756 people
  • Major religion is Islam
  • 94 Muslim
  • National Language
  • Arabic
  • English and French widely understood by educated
    classes

5
Climate
  • Desert Landscape
  • Eastern side of the Sahara Desert
  • Hot and Dry
  • Rainfall
  • 8 inches near Mediterranean Sea
  • 1 inch near Cairo
  • Temperatures
  • Summer -- 80 to 110oF
  • Winter -- 55 to 70oF

6
Attractions
  • Valley of Kings
  • 62 Tombs
  • Great Pyramid
  • Largest Pyramid
  • King Khufu
  • King Tuts Tomb
  • Ramesses The Greats Tomb
  • Sphinx
  • Second Largest Pyramid
  • one of the best known monuments on Earth

7
  • Museums in Cairo

8
Hieroglyphics
  • Ancient Form of Writing
  • Symbols and pictures
  • more than 2,000 hieroglyphic characters
  • represents a common object in ancient Egypt
  • Used from 3100 BC to approximately 300 AD.

Egypt
9
Famous Egyptians
  • Tutankhamen (King Tut)
  • Only 10 years old when he became pharaoh.
  • He died at 18
  • Gold jewelry, statues, thrones, beds and a golden
    face mask were buried with him
  • Unlike the majority of other pharaohs, tomb
    robbers never uncovered his tomb.
  • Archeologists unearthed it in the 1920s.
  • Cleopatra
  • Egypts Last Queen

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Resources
  • http//www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/index.ht
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  • http//interoz.com/egypt/kids/History.htm
  • http//www.roadtoegypt.com/attractions.htm
  • http//www.touregypt.net
  • http//home.aol.com/egypttour/mapindex.html
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