Egypt

Ancient Trade History

Trade between ancient Egypt and the Phoenician city-states was a long-standing element of Mediterranean commerce, facilitating the movement of high-value goods, materials, and c...

geography

Egypt shares land borders with eight countries: Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, Chad and the Central African Republic to the far southwest, South Sudan and Uganda to the...

geography

Egypt lies in the northeast corner of Africa and the southern Mediterranean. Directly east, it borders the Gaza Strip and Israel, and across the Red Sea lie Jordan and Saudi Ara...

Relationships

“Country under Egypt” is usually not a reference to a single subordinate state, but to the network of countries and territories that share a close geographic proximity, hist...

language-and-linguistics

Hieroglyphics are a formal writing system used for thousands of years in ancient Egypt, combining logographic and phonetic elements to convey meaning, status, and religious thou...

Demographics

In everyday life, most Egyptians describe themselves first by nationality—Egyptian—then by religion and community, such as Muslim or Coptic Christian, and by regional or fam...

diplomatic-operations

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo serves as the primary diplomatic mission of the United States to the Arab Republic of Egypt. Its core mandate includes representing U.S. interests, fos...