Egypt
"As if determined to impress on
every level, It doesn't miss a trick: from pharaonic
monuments the pointed perfection of the Pyramids
so iconic you can scarcely believe. that they exist, to the
enormous drifted voids and bizarre Read
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Pyramid
Dominant features of the
Giza necropolis are of course, its three great
Pyramids those conventionally attributed to
Khufu, Khafre and
Menkaure. In a sense they are what the entire, vast
enterprise proclaims itself to be all about, what the Read
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Sphinx
There is a belief that Great Sphinx
was fashioned during that period of Egyptian history
classified as the `Old Kingdom' on the orders of the Fourth
Dynasty Pharaoh named Khafre whom
the Greeks later knew as Chephren
and who reigned from " Read
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Valley Of The Kings
The Valley of the Kings, called by the Arabs
Biban el Muluk (that is "the gates of the kings")
because of the entrances of several tombs opening in the
valley's rocky walls, is a deep erosion dug out in
the limestones of the Libyan
range
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Geography
This Country is situated in the northeast corner of the African
continent. Covering 386,650 square miles, which is about equal
in size to Texas and California combined, it is the twelfth
largest country in Africa. This country is bounded by Libya
to the
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History: Start, The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom
It was the home of one of the world's first
great civilizations. An advanced culture developed
around 4,000 years ago, and lasted for over 2,000 years. It
is worth remembering that Christopher Columbus
discovered America in 1492,
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Nile River
The Nile is the longest river
in the World, flowing for nearly 6700 kilometres from its source
to its mouth. Collects water from a vast area of North
Eastern Africa. The Nile has two arms
or branches. The longer arm is called the White Nile,
although
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Ancient Egyptians Dress
“ The dress of the ancient Egyptians consisted not simply
of the clothes they wore but also of elaborate costume jewellery
which served to embellish their usually plain garments,
wigs which they wore over their own cropped
hair,
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The Aswan High Dam
The biggest single change on the Nile in all
its history was the building of the Aswan high dam.
It took ten years to build and was completed
in 1970. The Aswan High Dam is 114 metres high
and 3.6 kilometres long. Upstream,
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Egyptian Cosmetic
Eye paint is probably the most characteristic of the
Egyptian cosmetics. Two colours were popularly used: black and
green. The use of these pigments for the eyes dates back as
far as the Badarian period (c. 4000 ac).
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Cleopatra and Anthony
Queen Cleopatra VII was the last of the Ptolemy rulers,
and Cleopatra found herself caught up in the politics of the Roman
empire that was by then dominating the Mediterranean. Cleopatra married
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Journey Of Discovery
In 1857, a British expedition led by Richard Burton and John Speke set out to find the great
lakes shown on
Ptolemy's map. After reaching Lake Tanganyika,
the two men split up because Burton was ill. Travelling on for
another month,
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Sahara
"The Sahara is by far the biggest
desert in the world. It stretches over 5000 kilometres
from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, and covers more
than a quarter of the continent of Africa. Its name comes
from an Arabic word for desert.
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The Blue Nile
Leaving the lake, the Blue Nile soon plunges through rockpools and rapids until it reaches the Tisisat Falls,
where its waters pour over a 46 metre drop. This is the start of a huge curve which takes the nile round
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Nile Source
Travellers from Egypt reached as far upstream as the
present site of Khartoum, the meeting place of the two Niles, but went no further.
In about AD 60, when Egypt had become part of the Roman empire,
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Egyptian Rice
To wash the rice, pour boiling water over it in a bowl and stir well for a few second. Pour into a sieve or a small
holed colander and rinse under cold running water until the water runs clear. Drain well. Allow the rice
grains to
dry out as much as possible.
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