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Egypt
Egypt is a country located in the northeast of Africa. Egypt is well-known for its ancient history about the pharaohs, gods and goddesses and most importantly, its pyramids.
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What is the sphinx in Egypt known as?
No one knows - The word "sphinx", which means 'strangler', was first given by the Greeks to a fabulous creature which had the head of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird. In Egypt, there are numerous sphinxes, usually with the head of a king wearing his headdress and the body of a lion. See the link below.
What is the difference between ancient Egypt and Egypt?
The simple answer is that it doesn't. However, modern Britain has little in common with ancient Britain either. Of course, both countries claim their respective lands' treasures such as the Sphinx (Egypt) or Stonehenge (Britain). If we contrast Britain with Egypt, the ancient word for a bird trap in Egypt, or skeet, is also the word used in England to describe a clay pigeon shooting range. The English word "south" is the same in ancient Egyptian - sut or sud. Such things are perhaps rare but they do show that ancient Egypt had connections with ancient Britain as the modern nations do. In fact, a century ago, Britain ruled or administered Egypt.
So the answer is not so simple. It might therefore be easier to look at some aspects of modern Egypt that ancient Egypt did not have.
Perhaps the most obvious contrast to compare is the religion of ancient and modern Egypt. Today, Islam, and to a lesser extent some Christianity, is the religion of Egypt. But Islam has only been significant in Egypt for 1400 years since Mohammad. Some Muslims will say that "Islam" means "righteous" so that many Egyptians well before Mohammad were also "righteous" and therefore Islamic. Does that mean the people who worshipped the many gods of ancient Egypt were "righteous"? In ancient Egypt, the sun god Ra was popular but across the Red Sea in Arabia, the moon was a god. That is because the Arabs lived their working lives at night to avoid the heat of the day so they worshipped the moon. But in Egypt, with its mighty river and cool shading trees, the sun was far less harsh and dramatic and much more popular as an object of reverence. Today, the moon is the main symbol on the flags of Muslim countries (but not Egypt's).
Egypt today probably has a much larger proportion of people who are not religious at all as their somewhat neutral flag suggests. The popular uprisings in Egypt stem from the problems of competing philosophical and religious ideas. This is something ancient and modern Egypt probably share.
One of the great philosophical questions facing the Egyptians of 586 BC was the total routing, sacking, razing and near-total depopulation of ancient Israel by Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean-Babylonian. Many people at the time believed the Seed of the Woman Programme, first announced in the Bible when Adam and Eve received God's prophecy of the outcome of their disobedience in the Garden of Eden, had been abandoned after Israel's demise in 586 BC. The Egyptian king at the time, Merneptah Baenre Meriamun Hotephirmaat, or Pharaoh Hophra of Jeremiah 44:30 in the Bible, recorded on a stone stele, "Israel's Seed is destroyed (or castrated); the Land razed (or shaved) to the ground". After Jesus of Nazareth was born (7-6 BC), many Egyptians repented and believed again in the Promise of the Seed after Jesus' resurrection (30 AD). Thus much of Egypt became Christian between 30-650 AD. Then the Muslims conquered Egypt resulting in many Egyptians turning to Islam because of the corruption in the state church systems of the time. Mohammad's reforms were often preferred over his revised theology. A parallel thing happened after Luther in Europe (1600 AD). But problems do not just exist in religions. The academics in the universities believe Merneptah ruled Egypt in 1210 BC when he was supposed to have written the "Israel" or "Merneptah Stele". This contributor understands the Merneptah Stele is now on prominent display in the Cairo Museum in a similar fashion to the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum near the main entrance (although we stand to be corrected regarding the Cairo museum).
However, that is perhaps the most interesting comparison between ancient and modern Egypt - their policy and attitude towards Israel their neighbour across (as Australians and New Zealanders say) "the ditch" (Reed Sea, Red Sea, Suez Canal). Israel and Egypt, such close neighbours, their histories so closely entwined, according to the Bible. Yet modern historians say the "Merneptah Stele" is the "only" or "first" reference in ancient Egyptian literature to the Jewish nation whose history is so carefully outlined in the Bible. In modern Egypt, Israel is in the news lots of times. Apparently, according to Egyptologists and historians, the opposite was the case. And there lies a big tale. By not knowing what Egypt's history really was, as that conundrum must surely attest, it is almost impossible to answer this question. But it is an important question and if the answer were properly and thoroughly canvassed we might actually learn something. Probably, many people will be rather shocked to say the least.
*but not Egypt's
Cairo is a city, so it does not have a religion.
The people of Cairo are mostly Muslim, but there is a large Coptic Christian minority. Additionally, almost all non-Christian religious minorities in Egypt (such as Jews or Baha'i) are primarily in Cairo, but are a negligible number.
Why is southern Egypt called upper Egypt and northern Egypt as lower Egypt?
Upper Egypt is lower and Lower Egypt is higher because the Nile flows from South to North. The reason for this is because the mountains at upper Egypt, which is at the bottom are tilted and it flows to lower Egypt which is at the top.
What makes the great pyramid in Egypt unusual among the places on Antipater's list?
The only one of those ancient sights that remains today is the Great Pyramid in Egypt.
This is either a very simple, or very big question. Simply put, "Egyptian culture" is the culture of the country and people of Egypt.
If you mean "What are some elements of Egyptian culture?", that is much more complex.
How does Egypt celebrate Christmas?
Christmas in Egypt
Most Egyptians today are Muslims therefore they do not celebrate Christmas as such although they do commemorate the birth of Jesus, but they celebrate the festivals Eid - ul - Fitr and Eid - Ul - Adha.
However, Egypt's Christian Copts celebrate Christmas on the 7th of January. The preceding Advent is for 40 days when the Copts should abstain from eating meat, poultry and dairy products. However, nowadays, people only really do this during the last week of Advent.
On Christmas Eve, Egyptians go to church wearing new clothes and Mass goes on until midnight. Bells are rung to mark the end of the service and people go home after they receive the special bread called 'qurban' (meaning sacrifice) at the end of the service. This bread has a Holy Cross in the middle and 12 dots to represent the 12 apostles.
Then they eat a special Christmas meal at home called 'Fata'. This meal uses bread, rice, garlic and boiled meat as its main constituents. In the morning, people visit their friends and neighbors and exchange 'kaik' (a type of shortbread) that is eaten with a drink called 'shortbat'.
Christmas is celebrated as a public holiday, especially for the Christians. Since Christians believe that Jesus, Mary and Joseph fled to Egypt for fear of Herod's plan, the Coptic churches are decorated with candles and lamps on Christmas to remind the Coptic Christians of when Joseph lit candles to keep Mary warm during the birth of Jesus.
In Egypt traditions are influenced by regional culture throughout Egypt so there are some differences depending on location.
How long is the flight from Glasgow Scotland to Sharm el Sheikh Egypt?
A random search for flights from Glasgow (GLA) to Istanbul Ataturk (IST) shows:
OPTION 1: 5hr 50min via Amsterdam (AMS)
GLA - AMS KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flt 1478 Dep 04:30pm 30Jul,Fri
AMS - IST KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flt 1617 Dep 08:00pm 30Jul,Fri
Flight Duration: 4hr 55min; Layover Time: 0hr 55min; Total trip Time: 5hr 50min
OPTION 2: 7hr 20min via London Heathrow (LHR) [Cheaper Option]
GLA - LHR British Airways Flt 1475 Dep 07:00am 30Jul,Fri
LHR - IST British Airways Flt 0676 Dep 10:30am 30Jul,Fri
Flight Duration: 5hr 20min; Layover Time: 2hr 00min; Total trip Time: 7hr 20min
Suez Canal and Hungary in 1956?
Nasser (the Egyptian leader) blocked it to reduce oil exports to Western Europe. This was after Britain and France were forced by the U.S. to withdraw their troops from Egypt after the Suez War.
What is Egyptian Christmas meal?
Some foods you may find at an Egyptian Christmas dinner are:
- Bamia (sweet and sour okra)
- Irea (a cinnamon drink)
- Khoshaf
- Lettuce salad
Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?
Napoleon invaded Egypt because of 3 reasons:
1) A strong French army in the East would threaten to disrupt England's rich Asian trade.
2) The thought of Egypt as a French colony was an alluring idea.
3) The Egyptian expedition would be infinitely cheaper and less risky than an invasion of the British Isles.
4) European greed
What is the best way to go to Alexandria from Cairo?
you can go by train or by a limousine or by bus or by airplane all this ways are available .
What is the distance from Egypt to California?
Egypt is 1524668942346546354634565465135412374684/98435498641 miles away from hawwaii and britney is soooooo jealous of mwaaaaa cuz im going skiingand jsyk if u feel like being mocked tlk 2 brit!!
What type of clothes did the farmer wear in Egypt?
Most soldiers wore a simple linen kilt like most ordinary Egyptians. They carried a spear or a sword often with a long hide shield.
Do kids in Egypt learn the subjects you do?
Egyptian children were taught to become scribes if that's what they studied. If you weren't studying to become a scribe you would have went with a person who was working as what you wanted to work as.
In modern Egypt, children learn almost the same subjects taught in Western
Countries. Students in Egypt study math, Arabic, English, science, geography, history, PE, religion mainly in primary school.
When and how did Egypt's new kingdom end?
Egypt was absorbed into the Roman Empire in 30 B.C.E. with the death of Cleopatra.
What were the main features in ancient Egyptian art?
There were a lot of plants and animals as well as the people in the artwor being shown in odd positions because the ancient Egyptians had not mastered correct perspective in their art yet.
What did Egypt look like 30000 years ago?
In ancient Europe, the land was filled with fertile land and plenty of crops. The population was dense and buildings were being erected at a rapid rate.
Who is one of the most famous mummies of Egypt?
be spicific..... mummies were pharoahs that were kept in good condition for the after life. they belivied that when you die your spirtit will need to notice you as being the same person so they preserved your body
