Location

Egypt is the north-east corner of Africa. It has a fimiliar landmark- The Great Sphinx and the Nile River. on the Mediterranean Sea, is bordered on the west by Libya, on the south by the Sudan, and on the east by the Red Sea and Israel. It is nearly one and one-half times the size of Texas.

 

some of their many pyramids

Physical Geography

It is pretty much on big desert, but it has some pretty oasis's.

• Hisorical Buildings
• Pyramids 
• Nile River 

Egypt is mainly hot & dry.

Cairo temp gets as high as 95 degrees F in the summer and as low as 45 degrees F in the Winter.

But mainly, summer gets as high as 107 degrees F

 

Sun going down on the Nile

Human Geography

Population: 80,264,543 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 22.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 30.1/1000; life expectancy: 71.6; density per sq mi: 209

People in Egypt are mostly Arab and speak Arabic

جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة  

President: Hosni Mubarak (1981)

Prime Minister: Ahmed Nazif (2004)

Historical Temples.

Movement

In Egypt, you can get around by boat, plain, carts, cars.

Egypt has internet, cable,radio. They also have newspapers and magazines. 

Transportation: Railways, Highways,Waterways:  Nile River, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in delta. Ports and harbors: Alexandria, Damietta, El Dekheila, Port Said, Suez, Zeit. & Airports

Impact

Archaeologists are uncovering alot of tombs, finding ancient artifacts, and mummies. 

They have uncovered things like:

 

Sailing on the Nile

Pyramids

More Sailing

The Ancient Language

Map Of Egypt

Some clay figures

Scenery on the Nile