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	Egypt Travel Guide - Travel to Egypt
		Tour Egypt from the live Nile Valley, to the solitary deserts, to the diversity of the Sinai desert, to the lush oases, to the exotic underwater life of the Red Sea, to the Mediterranean beaches.
		Holidays to Egypt are fast becoming popular as people begin to appreciate the rich diversity that Egypt offers, coupled with over five thousand years of history and some incredible sights and sounds.
		Egypt is the land of the Pharaohs, and offers friendly people and incredible sights, including the temples, Pyramids and monuments that you have always been dying to see.
	www.justegypt.org (455 words)

	Map Zones : Egypt Map
		In 1960 Egypt was self-sufficient in almost all basic food commodities, with the exception of wheat, of which the country had a self-sufficiency ratio of 70%.
		Egypt asserts its claim to the "Hala'ib Triangle," a barren area of 20,580 sq km under partial Sudanese administration that is defined by an administrative boundary which supersedes the treaty boundary of 1899.
		Egypt’s overall population density is 70 persons per sq km, but the population density in the inhabited portions of the country, which make up less than 5 percent of its land area, is 1,900 persons per sq km.
	kids.mapzones.com /world/egypt (3571 words)

	.:Delta Tours Egypt:. Tours And Travel In Egypt.
		The capital of Egypt and the largest city on the African continent as you are about to land, you can see the tall minarets, great monuments and high building.
		Memphis is the first capital of Egypt, Land of God Petah, God of art, The Greatness of art appears in the ruins of Memphis with its small open air museum containing a splendid statue of Ramses II made of crystallized limestone that once stood at the entrance to the temple of Ptah.
		Egypt as an Islamic country implied 30% of its citizen as Christian citizens, It is rich with a lot of Christian arts, among these holy places is the so called Hanging church which is built on the pillars of the Roman fort of Babylon.
	www.deltatoursegypt.com /Cairo.htm (776 words)

	TOURISM IN EGYPT-COMM NET GROUP
		Egypt was the first state to establish a system of administration and a capital with the administrative and religious centers.
		In Lower or Northern Egypt, the capital was Buto in the heart of the Delta.
		In Upper or Southern Egypt, the capital was Nekheb between Aswan and Luxor; the king of which wore white crown with a vulture as an emblem.
	www.tourism-egypt.com.eg /cairo.htm (816 words)

	Ancient Egypt
		Egypt was also attractive to invading armies, soldiers of which often settled in the conquered land and married Egyptian women.
		The main crops of Ancient Egypt were wheat and barley, as well as lettuce, beans, onions, figs, dates, grapes, melons and cucumbers.
		The legitimacy of the king was substantiated through myths in which the institution of kingship was established by the gods: The king was defined as the son of Osiris, and often represented as Horus in the shape of a human being.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/egypt_a.htm (1974 words)

	Egypt
		The name "Egypt" is believed to have come from the original name of Egypt's ancient capital Memphis, "Hout ka-Ptah," meaning "Castle of the ka of Ptah." This name was often used even for the country as a whole.
		The name of Egypt during ancient times, especially the Old Kingdom, was, however Kemet, meaning "Black land." This referred to the fertile soil of the Nile valley.
		Egypt is a country stretching over two continents, as Sinai is counted as part of Asia.
	i-cias.com /e.o/egypt.htm (360 words)

	Cairo, city, Egypt. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		6,789,479), capital of Egypt and the Cairo governorate, NE Egypt, a port on the Nile River near the head of its delta, at the boundary of ancient Upper and Lower Egypt.
		It is Egypt’s administrative center and, along with Alexandria, the heart of its economy.
		by an Abbasid governor of Egypt) as the capital of Egypt.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ca/CairoEg.html (602 words)

	Human Resources Training and Development (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Egypt is the highest densely populated country in the MENA Region, with Iran.
		Adult literacy in Egypt is very low comparing to the average level in developing countries (74.5%), middle-income countries (the group to which Egypt belongs) and even low-income countries (86.6% and 63%) and medium human development countries (78.1%).
		The value of the education index in Egypt (0.63) is 0.84 the average value of the MENA countries (0.7463).
	www.aucegypt.edu /src/skillsdevelopment/skills_egypt.htm (1937 words)

	Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Egypt is predominantly Muslim, at approximately 90% of the population, with the majority being adherents of the Sunni branch of Islam.
		Egypt is bordered by Libya on the west, Sudan on the south, and on Israel and Gaza Strip on the northeast.
		Egypt's important role in geopolitics stems from its strategic position: a transcontinental nation, it possesses a land bridge (the Isthmus of Suez) between Africa and Asia, which in turn is traversed by a navigable waterway (the Suez Canal) that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean via the Red Sea.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Egypt (5636 words)

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		Queen Hatshepsut is one of the rulers of the XVIII Dynasty.
		Akhenaton), concerned about abuses in the Osiris cult of Egypt, posits a new monotheistic religion, perhaps the first, dedicated to the worship of the sun.
		671 BCE: Egypt - Egypt is conquered by the Assyrians.
	eawc.evansville.edu /chronology/egpage.htm (667 words)

	Egypt
		Egypt is located in the northern part of Africa.
		To the north of Egypt is the Mediterranean Sea.
		The kingdom in Lower Egypt was called the red crown and the one in Upper Egypt was known as the white crown.
	library.thinkquest.org /CR0210200/ancient_egypt/egyptintro.htm (326 words)

	Cairo (Egypt) - MSN Encarta
		Cairo (Egypt) (Arabic Al Qāhira, meaning “the Victorious”), capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
		Located on both banks of the Nile River near the head of the river's delta in northern Egypt, the site has been settled for more than 6,000 years and has served as the capital of numerous Egyptian civilizations.
		Greater Cairo is spread across three of Egypt's administrative governorates: the east bank portion is located in Al Qalyobīyah Governorate, while the west bank is part of the governorates of Al Jīzah and Al Qalyobīyah.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761560224/Cairo_(Egypt).html (979 words)

	Egypt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But it was in 3,100 B.C. that Egypt crowned her first Pharaoh, Menes, who later unified the country's two regions, Lower Egypt (The Delta) and Upper Egypt (from Giza to Aswan in the South).
		In 525 B.C., Egypt was conquered by the Persians.
		Egypt became an Arab country with a Moslem majority and religious freedom was accorded to people.
	www.colostate.edu /Orgs/ESA/history.html (457 words)

	Duvasol - Trips - Egypt
		Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt (Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah in Arabic), country in northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia.
		The foundations of the modern state were established by Muhammad Ali, who served as viceroy of Egypt from 1805 to 1849, while the country was a province of the Ottoman Empire.
		Cairo (Egypt) (Arabic Al Qahira, meaning “the Victorious”), capital of Egypt and the largest city in Africa.
	tia2000.ru /dv/t/egypt.shtml (339 words)

	Egypt Photo Tour. Tourist Information - VIRTOURIST.COM Egypt
		Egypt is located in the northeast in Africa.
		The capital of Egypt is Cairo, which has an international airport.
		Cairo is not only the capital of Egypt, but the biggest city in Africa, with more than 16 million inhabitants.
	www.virtourist.com /africa/egypt.htm (402 words)

	Egypt
		The first capital of unified Egypt was at Memphis 25k south of Cairo.
		Egypt's Christian Coptic minority voiced concern over the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood Monday, after the still illegal Islamist opposition group made impressive gains in parliamentary elections.
		The Copts claim to account for around 10 percent of Egypt's population of 73 million and have consistently complained of under-representation and marginalisation.
	www.goodnewsmedia.com /egypt (738 words)

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		Egypt then became a British protectorate in 1914, achieving partial independence in 1922, and full sovereignty in 1945.
		Regardless, Egypt remains one of the favorite destinations of archaeologists, historians and tourists from around the world.
		Humidity in Egypt is high throughout the year, and in the interior deserts, summer high temperatures often exceed 100º.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/africa/eg.htm (633 words)

	Egypt Tours, Egyptian Tours, Nile Cruise, Egypt Vacation, Nile tour
		Great Egypt tours are featuring Cairo, the capital of Egypt, The wild Sahara safari tours in Sinai the land where Moses walked his people through for forty years and where he received the ten commends on the St. Catharine mountain.
		Egypt also features tours to Luxor the biggest open museum in the world Between Luxor and Aswan the capital of the south you can cruise the Nile in breath taken views of the country side.
		Culture Minister Farouk Hosni approved the travel of an antiquities team to Japan to inaugurate the Egyptian monuments exhibition to be staged in the museum of the University of Wasida, in the City of Sengoku on July 31, 2007 to last till September 9.
	www.goegypt.org (497 words)

	Egypt Tours and Nile Cruise of Capital Egypt by Key of Life
		The Top Egypt Tours and Nile Cruise website by Key of Life Personal Tours of Egypt with Key of Life Egyptian Tours You can experience the very essence of Egypt and pamper yourself at the same time when you travel with Key of Life Egyptian Tours.
		Cairo - the Triumphant City - is the glorious capital of Egypt, the cradle of civilization and the beacon of...
		Population: The population of Egypt (1997 estimate) is 64,824,4 Cairo Capital Club, the finest social club in Egypt A social club provides luxury through its supreme services, brings together the elite of the society, professional businessmen, and other unique people.an extension of office and home, producing....cairocapitalclub.com
	www.keyoflifetours.com /capital-egypt.html (367 words)

	Egypt
		The kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt were united in about 3100 BCE by Menes, the King of Upper Egypt, and he founded the first Egyptian dynasty.
		The capital of the Old Kingdom was at Memphis, a bit south of present-day Cairo.
		Egypt was ruled by several governors during the Umayyad and Abbasid eras of Islamic history.
	mec.sas.upenn.edu /marhaba/egypt.htm (1817 words)

	Cairo, Egypt
		The Pyramids of Egypt, which served as tombs for the Ancient Pharaohs, and the statue of the Sphinx, which dates from 2565 BC and is probably the country's most famous monument, are located just west of Cairo in the suburb of Giza.
		Begun by Saladin in 1176 and modified and expanded by later sultans, the Citadel is famous for its Mosques, Museums, and fort; within the complex the Mohammad Ali Mosque (1830) is particularly notable, with its storied domes and twin minarets.
		The origins of the present-day Cairo can be traced back to the Egyptian capital of Memphis, which is believed to have been founded in the early 4th millennium BC near the head of the Nile delta, south of the present city.
	www.ask-aladdin.com /cairo1.htm (2065 words)

	Cairo Egypt - The Vibrant Capital of Egypt
		Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is located at the Nile River 15 km south of the area where the river divides into the two streams of Damietta and Rosetta and the beginning of the Nile delta.
		The oldest part of the Cairo, Egypt is situated on the flat country between the Nile River and the Muqattam mountain on the east bank.
		Memphis was the oldest Egyptian capital and Saqqara the oldest cemetery.
	www.travel-to-egypt.net /cairo-egypt.html (291 words)

	Egypt - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is bound by Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, the Red Sea to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the north and Israel to the northeast.
		It guaranteed the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and called for the creation of a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel which was signed in Mar. 1979.
		In May 1989 Egypt returned to the Arab League and in 1990 the headquarters of the organization were returned to Cairo.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/egypt.htm (2071 words)

	Eternal Egypt - Type: King
		Before the reign of the Eighteenth Dynasty, Lower Egypt and parts of Middle Egypt were occupied by the Hyksos.
		During the First Intermediate Period, the unification of Egypt was broken for the first time and the rule of the country was divided between two main ruling houses until Montuhotep the Second succeeded in reuniting the country.
		Neferefre was the fifth of nine kings in the Fifth Dynasty, which was notable for the dominance of the cult of the sun god Re, and for the building of sun temples near the small royal pyramids at Abu Sir.
	www.eternalegypt.org /EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.perform.type.search&language_id=1&trait_item_id=84001 (665 words)

	Egypt travel guide - Wikitravel
		Egypt is bordered by Israel to the north-east, by Jordan and Saudi Arabia to the east (across the Red Sea), by Sudan to the south and by Libya to the west.
		Those in possession of a residence permit in Egypt are not required to obtain an entry visa if they leave the country and return to it within the validity of their residence permit or within six months, whichever period is less.
		Egypt can be accessed by bus from a number of neighbouring countries, such as Israel (from the bus stations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv) and Jordan.
	wikitravel.org /en/Egypt (5194 words)

	Ancient Egypt Homework for kids
		Egypt was one of the greatest civilizations of the past.
		Egypt, almost twice the size of France, is situated in northeastern Africa.
		To the north of Egypt is the Mediterranean Sea, to the south is the Sudan, to the west is Libya and to the east of Egypt is the Red Sea.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /Homework/Egypt.html (474 words)

	Egypt on the Web (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Egypt is the cradle of civilization, the beacon of religion and the gateway to Africa.
		Cairo is the foremost capital on the African continent and lies at the center of all routes leading to, and from the capitals of the three continents: Asia, Africa and Europe.
		Egypt, for over fifty centuries, engendered the development of culture and civilization: Pharaonic, Christian and Islamic; and, all during those long years, has generously contributed, (and received) to Europe.
	www.egyptontheweb.com /soe-cairo.asp (1892 words)

	The Pharaonic Village - Alexandria: the Eternal City Exhibit
		The city remained the capital of Egypt until its surrender to the Moslem Arab general Amr ibn el Aas, in AD 642.
		The capital of Egypt was then moved to Fustat, which is now in the center of Cairo.
		In 1798, Napoleon and his fleet arrived in Abu Qir, followed by Lord Nelson, and the famous Battle of the Nile occurred in which Napoleon's entire fleet was destroyed.
	www.touregypt.net /village/exhibits_alexandria.htm (476 words)

	onlinefx destination guide to egypt
		Egypt is the centre of the Arab world, geographically, culturally and intellectually.
		Egypt forms the only land bridge between Africa and the remainder of the Eastern Hemisphere and controls the Suez Canal, the shortest sea link between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
		In December 1914 Egypt was declared a British protectorate with Hussein Kamil proclaimed the Sultan of Egypt.
	www.onlinefx.co.uk /fx/Stores/OnlineFX/destinationguide/egypt.asp (713 words)

	Egypt and the Assyrians
		Declining Egypt was invaded by Nubians, and Egypt had a Nubian king, but the Assyrian defeated Nubians, and sent them back to their home.
		Memphis was the capital of Egypt, and the royal residence of Taharqa.
		Byblos, the Syrian port city, was negotiating with Egypt for exportation of timber and the resin suitable for mummification.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/prehistory/egypt/othercultures/assyrians.html (626 words)

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