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4 days ago · Ancient Egypt was a civilization in northeastern Africa that dates from the 4th millennium BCE. Its many achievements, preserved in its art and monuments, hold a fascination that continues to grow as archaeological finds expose its secrets.
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa. It was concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River, situated in the place that is now the country Egypt.
Sep 2, 2009 · Geographical designation in ancient Egypt follows the direction of the Nile River and so Upper Egypt is the southern region and Lower Egypt the northern area closer to the Mediterranean Sea. Narmer ruled from the city of Heirakonopolis and then from Memphis and Abydos.
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- "Egypt" comes from the Greek name "Aegyptos" which was their pronunciation of the Egyptian name for the city of Memphis.
- Egyptian culture dates back to c. 6000 BCE during the Pre-Dynastic Period but the land was settled before then and some level of civilization alrea...
- Egypt is located in North Africa and so is considered an African country.
- The pyramids were built by Egyptian skilled and non-skilled workers either for pay or as part of community service owed to the king. They were not...
Geography of Ancient Egypt. Egypt is situated in the Nile Valley, in the north east of Africa. Its origins lay in several chiefdoms in Upper Egypt, at Abydos and Hierakonpolis, which then spread northwards towards Memphis and the Mediterranean.
Oct 14, 2009 · Ancient Egypt was the preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean world for almost 30 centuries—from its unification around 3100 B.C. to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.
1 day ago · Egypt, country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. Egypt’s heartland, the Nile River valley and delta, was the home of one of the principal civilizations of the ancient Middle East and was the site of one of the world’s earliest urban and literate societies.
The location of ancient Egypt was in North-Eastern Africa, having formed and flourished along the lower portion of the Nile River. It made up most of what is now the modern Arab Republic of Egypt. Ancient Egypt had four main divisions of its land, the first two being the Upper and Lower Egypt.
