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The standard English names "White Nile" and "Blue Nile" refer to the river's source, derived from Arabic names formerly applied to only the Sudanese stretches that meet at Khartoum. [14] In the ancient Egyptian language, the Nile is called Ḥꜥpy (Hapy) or Jtrw (Iteru), meaning "river".
Edfu (Ancient Egyptian: bḥdt, Arabic: إدفو pronounced, Sahidic Coptic: ⲧⲃⲱ, ⲧⲃⲟ, Bohairic Coptic: ⲑⲃⲱ, ⲁⲧⲃⲱ; also spelt Idfu, or in modern French as Edfou) is an Egyptian city, located on the west bank of the Nile River between Esna and Aswan, with a population of approximately 60,000 people.
The city lies along the Nile River, immediately south of the point where the river leaves its desert-bound valley and branches into the low-lying Nile Delta region. Although the Cairo metropolis extends away from the Nile in all directions, the city of Cairo resides only on the east bank of the river and two islands within it on a total area of ...
An underwater archaeological mission in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, recovered a handful of long-lost artifacts. When the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s flooded the area, UNESCO ...
Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is a bustling metropolis that sits on the banks of the River Nile.Home to an estimated 22 million people, the city has more recently expanded into a sprawling jumble ...
Heracleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον Hērákleion), also known as Thonis (Ancient Greek: Θῶνις Thônis; from the Ancient Egyptian: Tȝ-ḥn.t; Coptic: Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ Thōni, Coptic pronunciation: [dəˈhoːni]) [1] and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Alexandria on ...
More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests. New research could solve the mystery behind ...
Naucratis or Naukratis (Ancient Greek: Ναύκρατις, "Naval Command"; [1] Egyptian: njwt-kꜣrṯ, nskꜣrṯ, pr-mryt, [2] Coptic: Ⲡⲓⲉⲙⲣⲱ Piemro [citation needed]) was a city and trading-post in ancient Egypt, located on the Canopic (western-most) branch of the Nile river, south-east of the Mediterranean sea and the city of Alexandria.