The Egyptian Museum

The Egyptian Museum

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June 20th 2010
20 June 2010 1145 (GMT +3) Giza, Egypt In one part of his Histories, the Herodotus (c. 490-431 BC) went into some detail about Egypt, its history, people and way of life. (Think 300 for those of you who have no idea who or what I’m talking about.) At the time Herodotus was writing, Egypt had been under the control of the Persian Empire since 525 BC when the Persians overthrew the 26th and las ... read more

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more