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Egypt (Arabic: مصر, màSr) is known for its world-famous pyramids, mummies, temples, art, churches, mosques, bustling cities, friendly people, and hieroglyphics...

Lower Egypt (Arabic: دلتا مصر‎ delta màSr) is the northern part of Egypt, containing the Nile Delta, Cairo and Alexandria. It's not a defined region or...

(Arabic جبل موسَى Gebel Musa) is in the middle of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt and rises 2,285 metres above sea level. The mountains is a sacred site for...

neighbour, Egypt. The city of Kerma is believed to have been the capital of the first centralised Nubian state. Nubia would be annexed by Egypt in the 16th...

Simbel (also spelled: ...Sinbil, ...Sembel; Arabic: ابو سمبل) in Upper Egypt was saved from the rising waters of Lake Nasser, growing behind the Aswan...

region of eastern Egypt, along the 800 km western shore of that sea, from Port Suez in the north to the Sudanese border in the south. Egypt's Sinai Peninsula...

to Libya and Egypt in large caravans—a trade made possible by the introduction of camels from Arabia in the 10th century that would support much of the...

forces based in their colony of Libya and Commonwealth forces based in Egypt. Toward the end of 1940 the Germans joined in, creating the Afrika Corps...

Aswan (Arabic: أسوان‎ àswân) is the southernmost city of Egypt, some 870 km south of Cairo, just below the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, with a population...

The mountains in Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Israel and Northern Iraq even support ski resorts. The region is also the cradle of the world's first urban civilizations...

situation on the ground changes quickly. Positioned between Israel and Egypt, Gaza Strip contains several towns and cities that have grown together....

mosques. Egyptian Arabic is intelligible to the vast majority of Arabs, and Egyptian TV, musical scene and movies have influence far beyond Egypt itself...

little-visited provinces of Tabuk and Jawf. 30.98333341.0166671 Arar — support town for the Aramco oil pipeline, in fertile pasture lands; an ancient...

ancient world, uniting the Greek-city states and neighboring foes, taking Egypt, conquering the Achaemenid (First Persian) Empire and successfully invading...

adopted the name "Libya" (used by the Greeks for all of North Africa, except Egypt) as the name of the colony (made up of the three provinces of Cyrenaica...

schooling fish and big pelagics can all be expected. Main topic: Diving in Egypt Egypt has good diving in the Red Sea, both along its African shore (the biggest...

wars between Israel and Hamas and, due to border closures by Israel and Egypt, you probably can't get in 31.56135.44351 Dead Sea – Notable for being so...

Hasan is a small village and an important archaeological locality in Middle Egypt, some 20 km south of the city of Minya. Located on the eastern bank of the...

competitions. The top division in Egyptian domestic football is the Egyptian Premier League. By far the largest rivalry in Egypt is the Cairo Derby between Al...

(both one way + US$10 or LE50 departure tax from Egypt) if you are a non-Egyptian national (Egyptians are not required to pay the prices inflated by the...