1,000 Facts About Ancient Egypt

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The official name of Egypt is Junhuriyah Misr al-Arabiya, meaning “the Arab Republic of Egypt” in English. The Egyptians also refer to their country as Misr, which can be used as a substitute name for Cairo. Bard, Kathryn A. Ian Shaw, ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. p. 69.

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The Kushite Conquest of Egypt". Ancientsudan.org. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009 . Retrieved 25 August 2010. Abbas I was cautious. Said and Ismail were ambitious developers, but they spent beyond their means. The Suez Canal, built in partnership with the French, was completed in 1869. The cost of this and other projects had two effects: it led to enormous debt to European banks, and caused popular discontent because of the onerous taxation it required. In 1875, Ismail sold Egypt's 44% share in the canal to the British Government. The construction of these pyramids is just so incredible that much research has gone into how to make equivalently strong structures today. The mortar used is still unknown, and scientists have not even been able to determine where the mortar came from.No one knows for sure how the young Pharaoh Tutankhamun died. It was always thought that he had been assassinated until a CT scan was done on his remains and the results revealed injuries that were consistent with those that could have been inflicted by a hippopotamus. Birnbaum, Michael (22 November 2012). "Egypt's President Morsi takes sweeping new powers". The Washington Post . Retrieved 23 November 2012. Murphy, Caryle Passion for Islam: Shaping the Modern Middle East: the Egyptian Experience, Scribner, 2002, p.4

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Ancient Egyptians believed in more than 2,000deities! They had gods for everything, from dangers to chores! Each had different responsibilities and needed to be worshipped so that life could be kept in balance. By day, The White Desert National Park is a beautiful desert landscape far from the crowds of any city. Erosion and sandstorms have created fascinating natural formations like nothing else you’ve ever seen! By night, it’s the best place in the country to observe the night sky without any interruptions from light pollution.Late Period, about 300 years (ca 656 B.C. to 332 B.C.): This period marks the last time that ancient Egypt was ruled by native Egyptians. Leading an army from Persia (what is now Iran), King Darius I took control.