EGYPTA peek into Egypt

THE VAST LANDSCAPE

The landscape in Egypt is about 1,001,450 square kilometers that’s 386,660 sq mi. Egypt is the 30th-largest country in the world. Its latitude is from 22 degrees and 32 degrees north and longitudes 24 degrees and 36 degrees east. About 99% of the population uses only about 5.5% of the total land area. apart from the Nile valley, the majority of Egypt’s landscape is desert. Winds create prolific sand dunes that peak at more than more than 100feet( 30 m)high.

ANCIENT EGYPT

A unified kingdom was founded c. 3150 BC by king Menes, leading to a series of dynasties that ruled Egypt for the next three millennia. Egyptian culture flourished during this long time and remained distinctively Egyptian in its religion, arts, language and customs.

ALL ABOUT THE ANIMALS Animals were reared mainly for food, whilst

others were kept as pets. Animals of all kinds were important to the Ancient Egyptians. The Egyptians understood the animals' characteristics and admired them, especially those that were dangerous or had powers human beings lacked. They believed animals were symbols, for example, the beetle - the Egyptians noticed how it buries itself and therefore used it as a symbol of survival. Particular powers of each Egyptian god were symbolized by animals with similar characteristics

THE GREAT FLAGSAs a result of their conditional independence from great Britain in 1922 the Egyptian royal family issued a royal decree establishing a national flag. This first flag was a major step for Egypt, and its colors were green with a white crescent and three stars in the middle. The next version of the flag was established in 1958 by presidential decree, to incorporate aspects of Syria and Egypt, since they were merged into one country ,the united Arab republic. This new flag had three colors: red, white with two green stars, and black. The rectangular flag had a width of 1/3 the size of its length.

THE GREAT FLAGS The flag was changed once again in

1972, with an amendment to the law. This new flag had the stars removed, and replaced with a golden hawk. The hawk was replaced in 1984 by the golden eagle of Selah El Dine, the Ayubbid Sultan of the Crusades who ruled Egypt and Syria in the 12th century. This flag still waves over Egypt today

RELIGION Egypt hosts two major religious institutions, the Coptic

Orthodox Church of Alexandria established in the middle of the 1st century by Saint Mark the Evangelist, and Al-Azhar University founded in 970 CE by the Fatimids as the first Islamic University in the world. Egypt is a predominantly Sunni Muslim country with Islam as its state religion. The percentage of the adherents of various religions is a controversial topic in Egypt, with different sources citing different figures. Around 90% are identified as Muslim. There is a significant Christian minority in Egypt, who make up between 5% and 10% of the population. Over 90% of Egyptian Christians belong to the native Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, an Oriental Orthodox Church. Other native Egyptian Christians are adherents of the Coptic Catholic Church, the Evangelical Church of Egypt and various other Protestant denominations. Non-native Christian communities are largely found in the urban regions of Cairo and Alexandria.

LOOK AT THE FASHION The Egyptian climate with its hot summers and mild winters favored

light clothing made from plant fibers, predominantly linen and in Roman times occasionally cotton, an import from India Wool was used to a lesser extent, and seldom by Egyptians properSmall amounts of silk were traded to the eastern Mediterranean possibly as early as the second half of the second millennium BCE and traces of silk have been found in Egyptian tombs.Animal skins, above all leopard skins, were sometimes worn by priests and by pharaohs in their role as first servants of the god. Such outfits were found in Tutankhamen's tomb and were depicted quite frequently on the walls of tombs. At times kings and queens wore decorative ceremonial clothing adorned with feathers. The manufacture of clothes was apparently mostly women's work. It was generally done at home, but there were workshops run by noblemen or other men of means. The most important textile was linen. It was produced from flax, the quality ranging from the finest woven linen, the byssi's for royalty, to the coarse cloth peasants wore. People who were buried in mascaras or pyramids would not be satisfied with anything less than the best quality linen even after death.