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The history and character of gardens in ancient Egypt, like all aspects of Egyptian life, depended upon the Nile, and the network of canals that drew water from it.Water was hoisted from the Nile in leather buckets and carried on the shoulders to the gardens, and later, beginning in about the 14th century B.C., lifted from wells by hoists with counterbalancing weights called shadouf in Arabic.
On the walls of the sanctuary there were beautiful and detailed carvings of different plants and animals. Thutmose III expanded the boundaries of Egypt in the north and the south, collected a considerable collection of rare species of animals and lush plants. Those animals and botanical collections are found engraved on the walls of the sanctuary.
The wildlife of Egypt is composed of the flora and fauna of this country in northeastern Africa and southwestern Asia, and is substantial and varied. Apart from the fertile Nile Valley , which bisects the country from south to north, the majority of Egypt's landscape is desert, with a few scattered oases .
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Animals such as elephants, rhinoceros, and hippopotami used to live in different parts of Egypt, however these animals do not exist in Egypt today. Animals were very much appreciated and important in Egyptian history; even some deities were represented as animals; as Hathor the goddess of fertility, love and beauty was represented as a cow. [1]
The most important feature of a nilotic landscape is its riverine setting, which is the ultimate source of any accompanying plant and animal life. The annual flooding of the Nile river in Egypt was not only the source of the ancient civilization's food and crops, but also provided them with a dependable cyclical calendar. Much of Egypt's ...
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The Land of Punt (Egyptian: pwnt; alternate Egyptological readings Pwene(t) [1] /puːnt/) was an ancient kingdom known from Ancient Egyptian trade records. It produced and exported gold, aromatic resins, blackwood, ebony, ivory and wild animals. [2] Recent evidence locates it in northwestern Eritrea. [3]