Ancient_Egypt

Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt is a wonderful land of mystery. People today still have no idea how to duplicate some of the achievements of Ancient Egyptians. Egypt became a great civilization due to many things, but there were three that seem to stand out above the rest. They were the geography, culture, and Architecture. Egypt can be divided into four major regions: the Nile Valley and Delta, the Arabian Desert, the Libyan Desert, and the Sinai. The Nile River valley is about 950 mi. long. In the south the valley is rarely more than 2 mi. wide. “North of EDFU (Idfu) the valley averages 5 to 10 mi. in width, with steep cliffs on either side” . From Cairo to the north, the valley merges with the fertile delta. “Southwest of Cairo near the town of Al-Faiyum, a large depression called the Faiyum Depression, covering about 700-sq. mi. in area, was left when Lake Moeris evaporated.” Today Lake Birket Qarun, a shallow lake, occupies part of the depression, 150 ft below sea level. The depression is extremely fertile and is noted for its orchards and gardens. The Arabian Desert, known in egypt, pyramids, nile, pyramid, great, built, cairo, ancient, desert, egyptians, city, about, one, women, ptolemy, near, later, caesar, bc, years, wore, valley, three, people, egyptian, delta, cleopatra, been, after, tombs, men, ft, because, the, today, times, time, stone, out, muslim, mi, linen, life, feet, east, depression, degrees, centuries, called, blocks