enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Nile Delta - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Delta

    Ancient branches of the Nile, showing Wadi Tumilat, and the lakes east of the Delta. People have lived in the Nile Delta region for thousands of years, and it has been intensively farmed for at least the last five thousand years. The delta was a major constituent of Lower Egypt, and there are many archaeological sites in and around the delta. [6]

  3. Lower Egypt - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Egypt

    Lower Egypt (Arabic: مصر السفلى Miṣr as-Suflā; Coptic: ⲧⲥⲁϧⲏⲧ, romanized: Tsakhet) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, the Nile River split into seven branches of ...

  4. Tell el-Dab'a - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_el-Dab'a

    Tell el-Dab'a is the modern name for the ancient city of Avaris, an archaeological site in the Nile Delta region of Egypt where the capital city of the Hyksos, once stood. Avaris was occupied by Asiatics from the end of the 12th through the 13th Dynasty consisting a mixture of cultures of Near East and Egyptian.

  5. File:Egypt Nile Delta location map.svg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egypt_Nile_Delta...

    You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work; Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

  6. Module:Location map/data/Egypt Nile Delta - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/.../data/Egypt_Nile_Delta

    Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more

  7. Memphis, Egypt - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Egypt

    It was the capital of ancient Egypt (Kemet or Kumat) during both the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom and remained an important city throughout ancient Egyptian history. [6] [7] [8] It occupied a strategic position at the mouth of the Nile Delta, and was home to bustling activity.

  8. Naucratis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naucratis

    Map indicating location of Naucratis—the Nile delta has shifted since ancient days; the city was situated directly on the Canopic (westernmost) branch. The first report of Greeks in 7th century BC Egypt is a story in the Histories of Herodotus of Ionian and Carian pirates forced by storm to land on or near the Nile Delta.

  9. Upper and Lower Egypt - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Egypt

    In Egyptian history, the Upper and Lower Egypt period (also known as The Two Lands) was the final stage of prehistoric Egypt and directly preceded the unification of the realm. The conception of Egypt as the Two Lands was an example of the dualism in ancient Egyptian culture and frequently appeared in texts and imagery, including in the titles ...