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  2. Nile - Wikipedia

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    Map of Nile tributaries in modern Sudan, showing the Yellow Nile The Nile represented in an ancient Roman mosaic found from the ruins of Pompeii. The Yellow Nile is a former tributary that connected the Ouaddaï highlands of eastern Chad to the Nile River Valley c. 8000 to c. 1000 BCE. [49] Its remains are known as the Wadi Howar.

  3. File:Ancient Egypt map-en.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Map of Ancient Egypt, showing the Nile up to the fifth cataract, and major cities and sites of the Dynastic period (c. 3150 BC to 30 BC). Cairo and Jerusalem are shown as reference cities. Cairo and Jerusalem are shown as reference cities.

  4. Portal:Ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Map of Ancient Egypt, showing the Nile up to the fifth cataract, and major cities and sites of the Dynastic period (c. 3150 BC to 30 BC) (from Prehistoric Egypt) Image 15 Evolution of Egyptian prehistoric pottery styles, from Naqada I to Naqada II and Naqada III (from Prehistoric Egypt )

  5. List of rivers of Egypt - Wikipedia

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    The Nile delta at the time of Herodotus, according to James Rennell (corresponding to the Phatnitic, to the east) and the Rashid (corresponding to notably the Nile, have provided water, transportation, and defense to Egypt for thousands of years. There is only one year-round river in Egypt, the Nile.

  6. Ancient Egypt - Wikipedia

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    A combination of favorable geographical features contributed to the success of ancient Egyptian culture, the most important of which was the rich fertile soil resulting from annual inundations of the Nile River. The ancient Egyptians were thus able to produce an abundance of food, allowing the population to devote more time and resources to ...

  7. Flooding of the Nile - Wikipedia

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    The festival of the Nile as depicted in Norden's Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie Map of the Nile river. The flooding of the Nile (commonly referred to as the inundation) has been an important natural cycle in Nubia and Egypt since ancient times. It is celebrated by Egyptians as an annual holiday for two weeks starting August 15, known as Wafaa El-Nil.

  8. Archaeologists Dove Beneath the Nile and Found a Surprise ...

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    A team of archaeological divers found pieces of ancient Egyptian artifacts that have been sitting at the bottom of the Nile River since the area was flooded in the 1960s and 1970s.. During an ...

  9. Prehistoric Egypt - Wikipedia

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    Map of Ancient Egypt, showing the Nile up to the fifth cataract, and major cities and sites of the Dynastic period (c. 3150 BC to 30 BC) The Halfan and Kubbaniyan, two closely related industries, flourished along the Upper Nile Valley. Halfan sites are found in the far north of Sudan, whereas Kubbaniyan sites are found in Upper Egypt.