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Where Is Egypt

Egypt is located in northern Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Libya, and Sudan. With around 100 million people, Arabic is the main language and Islam is the predominant religion. Egyptians live in villages of mudbrick houses or in cities, and many work as farmers growing crops like barley, beans, fruit, and cotton. Others catch fish or work in industries like textiles and manufacturing. Ancient Egypt was ruled by pharaohs as early as 3000 BC, who built elaborate pyramids as tombs, with the largest being the Great Pyramid of Giza constructed for Pharaoh Khufu.

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Where Is Egypt

Egypt is located in northern Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, Libya, and Sudan. With around 100 million people, Arabic is the main language and Islam is the predominant religion. Egyptians live in villages of mudbrick houses or in cities, and many work as farmers growing crops like barley, beans, fruit, and cotton. Others catch fish or work in industries like textiles and manufacturing. Ancient Egypt was ruled by pharaohs as early as 3000 BC, who built elaborate pyramids as tombs, with the largest being the Great Pyramid of Giza constructed for Pharaoh Khufu.

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Where is Egypt?

Egypt is in northern Africa. The Mediterranean Sea


forms one of its borders. The Red Sea, Libya and
Sudan are on other borders.
Ho many peop!e !i"e there?
There are about #$ mi!!ion peop!e in Egypt. The main
!anguage is Arabic. The main re!igion is %s!am, and
there are some &hristians
Ho do the Egyptian peop!e !i"e?
Some peop!e !i"e in "i!!ages of mud'bric( houses and
or( as farmers. )thers !i"e in cities in apartments in
bui!dings of stee!, stone and g!ass
Some !i"e on farms, here they gro bar!ey, beans,
fruit, cotton and !enti!s. Rice and sugar cane are
gron too. *arm anima!s inc!ude buffa!oes, catt!e,
goats and sheep.
Many peop!e earn their !i"ing catching fish
Egypt se!!s oi!, cotton, fruit and "egetab!es, rice, and
te+ti!es to other countries
What c!othes do Egyption peop!e ear?
,eop!e ear the traditiona! dress of !ong f!oing
robes or in estern sty!e c!othes, inc!uding -eans and
snea(ers
What is the eather !i(e in Egypt?
The eather in hot and dry in summer and mi!d in
inter.
What is Egyptian food !i(e?
Egyptian dishes are tasty and de!icious. Some
fa"ourite foods are (ofta .ground meatba!!s/, (ebab
.gri!!ed meat/, mu!u(hia .green soup/, tahina .tahini/
sa!ad
Ancient Egypt
Egyptian history is important, and goes bac( many
centuries to a time (non as Ancient Egypt hen the
country as ru!ed by (ings (non as pharoahs.
the pharaohs were referred to as the rulers of the Two Kingdoms. In art and on tombs,
the pharaohs were now depicted with the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt
The ancient Egyptians bui!t pyramids as tombs for the pharaohs and their
0ueens
There are about eighty pyramids (non today from ancient Egypt
The most e!!'(non of these pyramids as bui!t for the pharaoh 1hufu.
Rock cut tombs
%n the 2e 1ingdom pharaohs ere buried in roc('cut tombs in the 3a!!ey of the
1ings

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