Egypt
Nile delta nation
Egypt is a country in northeastern Africa, historically centered on the Nile River valley.
Ancient Egypt—with its pyramids, pharaohs, and hieroglyphics—ranks among the most studied civilizations.
Modern Egypt is the most populous Arab nation and a regional power.
We visited Egypt to see the Sphinx.
Egyptian refers to the country, its people, or the ancient language.
Egyptian capital city
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- Middle EastAsia-Africa-Europe junction zone
- AfricaSecond-largest continent
Arabic · Coptic · Muslim · Islam · Suez Canal · Sinai · Arab Spring · Nasser
Egyptian necropolis plateau
- SphinxMythic creature posing puzzles
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
- limestoneCarbonate sedimentary rock
granite · chamber · burial · archaeology · excavation · Old Kingdom · capstone · corridors
Images conveying meaning
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- Rosetta StoneDecree in three scripts
- logogramsSymbols representing words
- ideogramsSymbols representing ideas directly
demotic · scribes · papyrus · decipherment · glyphs · Coptic · obelisk · stele
Egyptian sun deity
- OsirisEgyptian afterlife deity
- IsisEgyptian magic goddess
- HorusEgyptian sky deity
- AnubisEgyptian mortuary deity
Seth · Amun · Bastet · Thoth · Hathor · Nut · scarab · Book of the Dead
Successive family rulers
- TutankhamunEgyptian boy pharaoh
- RamsesEgyptian royal name
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
- AkhenatenSun-disk-worshipping Egyptian monarch
Hatshepsut · Nefertiti · Amenhotep · Ptolemaic · Khufu · monarchy · reign · throne
Large flowing watercourse
- deltaSymbol denoting variation
- AswanEgyptian city and dam
- LuxorEgyptian city of ruins
- floodplainFlood-prone riverside lowland
irrigation · silt · cataracts · basin · Aswan Dam · inundation · agriculture · fertile
North African country
- SudanNortheast African republic
- IsraelMiddle Eastern nation
- JordanLevantine nation or name
- GazaPalestinian coastal territory
Saudi Arabia · Mediterranean Sea · Red Sea · Sahara · Nubia · Sinai Peninsula
Cairo
Egyptian capital city
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- MediterraneanSea between Europe, Africa, Asia
- Middle EastAsia-Africa-Europe junction zone
Africa · Arabic · Coptic · Muslim · Islam · Suez Canal · Sinai · Arab Spring · Nasser · Sadat
Giza
Egyptian necropolis plateau
- SphinxMythic creature posing puzzles
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- monumentStructure honoring someone remembered
limestone · granite · chamber · burial · archaeology · excavation · Old Kingdom · capstone · corridors · antechamber
pictograms
Images conveying meaning
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- Rosetta StoneDecree in three scripts
- logogramsSymbols representing words
ideograms · demotic · scribes · papyrus · decipherment · glyphs · Coptic · obelisk · stele · temple walls
Ra
Egyptian sun deity
Anubis · Seth · Amun · Bastet · Thoth · Hathor · Nut · scarab · Book of the Dead · underworld
dynasty
Successive family rulers
- TutankhamunEgyptian boy pharaoh
- RamsesEgyptian royal name
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
Akhenaten · Hatshepsut · Nefertiti · Amenhotep · Ptolemaic · Khufu · monarchy · reign · throne · kingdom
river
Large flowing watercourse
floodplain · irrigation · silt · cataracts · basin · Aswan Dam · inundation · agriculture · fertile · Nubia
Libya
North African country
Gaza · Saudi Arabia · Mediterranean Sea · Red Sea · Sahara · Nubia · Sinai Peninsula
- AfricaKenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Algeria
- countriesChina, Brazil, France, Germany, India
- country of originChina, USA, Japan, Germany, France
- NationsChina, France, Japan, Germany, Mexico
- ancient civilizationsSumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Persia, Rome
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, pyramids, pyramid, Athens
Egyptsub-Saharan Africa
Continent south of Sahara
Nigeria · Congo · South Africa · Central Africa · Southern Africa
- Egyptian pyramidsMonumental royal tombs, Nile region
- ancient EgyptNile civilization of antiquity
- Egyptian tombsAncient royal sepulchers
- Egyptian mummyEmbalmed pharaonic remains
- Egyptian cottonFine long-fiber textile
- Egyptian hieroglyphsAncient pictorial writing system