HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION

It was an ancient civilization, which originated along the middle and lower reaches of the Nile River, whose history spans more than three millennia. The original name of the country, especially during the Old Kingdom, was Kemet (Km.t), 'black land, by the color of the fertilizing silt that covered during the regular annual flood the valley that is located on the banks of the Nile River, in opposition to Deshret (dsr.t, 'red earth'), by the sand of the Sahara desert, which covers the most of Egyptian territory.

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION Egypt The geography of Egypt shares two continents: Africa and Asia; Egypt is located in the extreme northeast of Africa and is part of Western Asia (Sinai Peninsula); It is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the east by the Red Sea and Israel, to the south by Sudan, and to the west by Libya