Photographic guide to Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west

Religion in Egypt controls many aspects of social life and is endorsed by law. Egypt is predominantly Muslim.

Egypt is famous for its ancient civilization and some of the world's most famous monuments, including the Giza pyramid complex and its Great Sphinx. The southern city of Luxor contains numerous ancient artifacts, such as the Karnak Temple and the Valley of the Kings. Egypt is widely regarded as an important political and cultural nation of the Middle East.

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  Interesting facts, population, numbers, facts, say, places, people ...

 

• The population of Egypt is 81 million

 

• Egypt is the most populated Arab country and second in terms of number of inhabitants of the African

 

• The ancient Egyptians in the manufacture of perfumes and incense use cardamom, cinnamon, bitter almond and flower al-Kaman

 

• Egyptian Pyramids are one of the 7 wonders of the world, who survived to this day

 

• The governments of 30 dynasties in the fact that ancient Egypt was the longest-existing civilization in the history

 

• One of the mummy was found wrapped around the bandage on the length of 5 km

 

• Champollion discovered that the letter is built with Egyptian elements of sound, rather than conceptual

 

• Pyramids were built layer after layer. As far as the increase in the amount built a special ramp that used to get to the top retracting blocks. Each block of stone weighing 2.5 tons, which means that it is heavier than a large car. For the construction of the great Pyramids used 2 300 000 of these blocks. At that time not known yet the wheels, so workers had to pull the wooden blocks with a SAN, and place them on the underlying land or round bales

 

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"The gift of the Nile" Egypt so called because the Greek historian Herodotus country was developed through the life-giving river. Egyptian civilization lasted nearly 3 500 years have led to many breathtaking sights and influenced the development of later civilizations.