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Egypt History |
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 From the times of the ancient Greeks & Romans, travelers to Egypt have been awed by the country's rich historical heritage. Remnants of Egypt's glorious past are deeply imbedded in its modern foundations. The Pharaonic period of Ancient Egypt is perhaps the most grand & appealing to visitors the world over, experienced today by a visit to the monumental pyramids and Sphinx in Giza, the Valley of the kings in Luxor or the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which displays the treasures of King Tutankhamen. |
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The Greeks, Mamluks, French & British – following successive periods of rule or occupation – have also enriched Egyptian culture & custom. Each of these great civilizations left lasting imprints on the country in the form of art, architecture and custom. Today, famous Islamic mosques, Coptic churches and numerous museums – Islamic, Ethnological and Coptic – provide a window into Egypt's glorious past. |
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 Around 90 percent of Egypt's landscape consists of deserts – the Libyan Desert to the west, the Sahara & the Nubian to the south and the Arabian to the east – with a few oases interspersed between them. Despite the vast desert landscape, it is the cultivated and densely populated Nile Valley and Delta that has, throughout history, formed the country's lifeblood. Human existence depends on the Nile waters for its annual floods provide the water necessary for agriculture. On the Mediterranean and Red Sea coastlines, are found among the most beautiful seafloors in the world. |
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 Egypt is the Middle East's hub for culture and the arts. Famous Egyptian novelist and Nobel prize laureate for literature (1988) Naguib Mahfouz resides in Cairo, as does Dr. Ahmed Zoweil, winner of the Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1999. Egyptian actors and musicians have long been favorites in Arab world, including movie stars; Faten Hamama and Omar Sherif, and classic musicians Om Kolthoum and Abdel Halim Hafez. |
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