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EGYPT

GEOGRAPHY• Egypt is located in the northeastern

corner of Africa. Rectangular in shape, it covers an area of 386,000 square miles. To the West lie the Western Desert and Libya, and the East is bordered by a desert plateau, Red Sea and Sinai. The Sudan is on Egypt's southern border and to the North lies the Mediterranean. Only about 4 to 5 percent of this vast country is inhabited along the banks of the Nile.

LANGUAGE

• Arabic is Egypt's official language. However, most Egyptians understand and speak English and French.

JEROGLIFICS

RELIGION• Approximately 85 percent of the

population of Egypt are Moslems. Most of the balance, about 9 million, are Christian Orthodox who belong to the Coptic Church. In most cities in Egypt, mosques and churches can be found next to each other. There are also some synagogues since a small Jewish community still lives in Egypt.

AHMED IBN TOLON (Mosque)

THE NILE

OBELISK IN HELIOPOLIS

VALLEY OF THE KINGS

KARNAK

THE GREAT SPHINX

MUMMIFICATION

CANOPIC JARS

SARCOPHAGUS

TUTANKAMEN

SCORPION KING

NEFERTITI

RA

OSIRIS

ANUBIS

ISIS