Egypt Facts
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- The formal name of Egypt is the Arab Republic of Egypt.
- Egypt is the 30th largest country in the world by area.
- Ninety-five percent of Egypt is desert. The majority of Egypt’s population lives on only five percent of the territory.
- Egypt has the largest Arabic population in the world.
- On average, only an inch of rain falls in Egypt per year.
- Egypt’s Nile River is the world’s longest, running 4,135 miles (6,670 km).
- The Nile is said to flood from the tears of the Goddess Isis. This is celebrated with the festival, ‘The night of tear drop’.
- Luxor in Egypt are known as the world’s largest open air museum.
- The word pharaoh began as a nickname for the Egyptian king. It means “great house”.
- Ancient Egyptians believed that mummification ensured the deceased a safe passage to the afterlife.
- Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals as well.
- The famous Great Pyramid at Giza was built as a burial place for King Khufu and took more than 20 years to build.
- Egypt’s first pyramid was a step pyramid built by famed Egyptian architect Imhotep.
- The pyramids of Egypt are the last remaining ancient wonder of the world.
- Hieroglyphs was created in about 3000 BCE and most likely came from an early wall drawings.
- Cats were considered sacred in Ancient Egypt.
- For ancient Egyptians, bread was the most important food and beer was their favorite drink.
- Egyptians invented the 365 days calendar.
- The Ancient Egyptians were scientists and mathematicians.
- The ancient Egyptians worshiped more than 1,000 different gods and goddesses.
- Facebook, the world famous social networking site had played an important role in the recent revolution that occurred in 2011.
- In Egypt, there are more than five million users Facebook – more than any other country in the Middle East.
- Soccer is the number one sport; tennis, squash and wrestling are also favorites.