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This is a list of towns and villages in Egypt. There are 4,496 village municipalities and 199 town municipalities. There are 4,496 village municipalities and 199 town municipalities. [ 1 ]
Founded by Ptolemy II; named after his mother, Berenice I of Egypt: Tao (Leucus Limen) [2] earlier than New Kingdom none El Qoseir: Leucus Limen, Kosseir, Al Qusair, El Quseir, Qusseir, Qosseir: Important trading port during pharaonic times, where goods from Red Sea and beyond entered Egypt
The history of Egypt has been long and wealthy, due to the flow of the Nile River with its fertile banks and delta, as well as the accomplishments of Egypt's native inhabitants and outside influence. Much of Egypt's ancient history was unknown until Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered with the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone .
Sawada (Arabic: سوادة) is a village in the Minya Governorate, Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile. It borders the city New Minya . The village had a population of 10,571 in 2006.
The history of ancient Egypt spans the period from the early prehistoric settlements of the northern Nile valley to the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. The pharaonic period, the period in which Egypt was ruled by a pharaoh, is dated from the 32nd century BC, when Upper and Lower Egypt were unified, until the country fell under Macedonian rule in 332 BC.
Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt was the period of time starting at the first human settlement and ending at the First Dynasty of Egypt around 3100 BC.. At the end of prehistory, "Predynastic Egypt" is traditionally defined as the period from the final part of the Neolithic period beginning c. 6210 BC to the end of the Naqada III period c. 3000 BC.
Nagrig is an ancient village, bordering the Ancient city of Sais, which belonged to Sap-Meh, the fifth nome of Lower Egypt in Ancient Egypt.. It was also mentioned under its ancient name of "Nagreg" [1] in the region of Gharbia, as part of the survey (ordered during the reign of Saladin in 572/AH 1176 AD) counted by Ibn Mamati in the book “Laws of Collections.” [2]
It is one of three caravanserais in the south of Egypt, and it is the only one that still maintains its unique original design. The Wekala was one of the most important trade centers in southern Egypt in the 18th century, with traders from all over Africa coming through the west desert and the Red Sea, and stands as a testament to the strength ...