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The domestic supply price farmers receive in Egypt is E£1,200 (US$211) per ton compared to approximately E£1,940 (US$340) per ton for import from the US, Egypt's main supplier of wheat and corn. Egypt is the U.S.'s largest market for wheat and corn sales, accounting for US$1 billion annually and about 46% of Egypt's needs from imported wheat.
Sharm El Sheikh (Egyptian Arabic: شرم الشيخ, IPA: [ˈʃɑɾm eʃˈʃeːx], literally "bay of the Sheikh"), alternatively rendered Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el Sheikh, or Sharm El-Sheikh, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea.
The Soviet Union deployed another regiment of MiG-21s and a squadron of Su-15 all-weather interceptors were sent to Egypt to bolster defences. [36] They also prepared their own counter-ambush a few days later. Dummy missile batteries were set up to lure Israeli fighter jets in while the real missiles were concealed. The Israelis took the bait.
1 feddan = 24 kirat = 60 metre × 70 metre = 4200 [2] square metres (m 2) = 0.420 hectares = 1.037 acres [3] In Syria , the feddan is a vaguer quantity, referring to the amount of land that can be ploughed by a pair of oxen in a year, being about 5–12 ha (12–30 acres).
The 6-tier, 4-sided structure is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt. [5] It was built in the 27th century BC during the Third Dynasty for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser . The pyramid is the central feature of a vast mortuary complex in an enormous courtyard surrounded by ceremonial structures and decoration.
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 .
Pharaoh Menkaura and queen Khamerernebty II; 2490–2472 BC; greywacke; overall: 142.2 cm × 57.1 cm × 55.2 cm (56.0 in × 22.5 in × 21.7 in); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (US) The monumental sculpture of ancient Egypt's temples and tombs is well known, [98] but refined and delicate small works exist in much greater numbers.