Egypt The Land of the Nile

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Egypt The Land of the Nile

• By Lauren Dolen

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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

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Major Cities

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

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General Information

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

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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

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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

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• Museums in Cairo

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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.

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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