Egypt is known for its oldest and longest history among the modern nations. Learn more about this beautiful Mediterranean country with this selection of Egypt facts.
- Cairo, the city with the largest population in Egypt is also its capital.
- Arabic is the official language of Egypt, and other languages known by some are English and French.
- Egypt’s desert Sinai Peninsula stretches across both neighboring continents of Africa and Asia.
- Mount Catherine standing at 2,629m high (8625 ft) tall, is the highest mountain peak in Egypt.
- Besides Cairo, the other major cities are Giza and Alexandria.
- Egypt has two major deserts, The Sahara and the Libyan Desert covering most parts of the country
- A number of natural hazards are experienced by Egypt that includes droughts, flash floods, landslides earthquakes, and storms like dust–storms, sandstorms and windstorms called “Khamsin”.
- Egypt is home to the largest river in the world, the Nile River.
- One of the Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramid of Giza is found in Egypt.
- Soccer is the most favorite game in Egypt.
- The main currency of Egypt is the Egyptian Pound.
- The majority of Egyptians follow Islam, though Christianity was a major religion followed centuries earlier.
- More than 14,000 Gods and Goddesses were worshiped by the Egyptians in ancient times.
- The Steppe eagle is the national animal of Egypt.
- The oldest dress is found in Egypt aged almost 5000 years.
- The national animal of Egypt is the Steppe Eagle.
- The Statue of Liberty was initially intended to be installed in Egypt.
- Heracleion, the lost city of Egypt was found under the sea after 1200 years.
Heracleion, the lost city of Egypt
Source: Media Source - Stones were used to making pillows on which ancient Egyptians slept.
- The world’s largest pyramid is located in Mexico and not in Egypt as it is popularly believe.
- Exchanging wedding rings was a tradition that was first started in ancient Egypt.
- To mourn the death of their pet cats, the Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows.
- The great Pyramid of Giza still has passageways which are yet to be explored
- Egyptians are called “gypsy” for short.
- Egypt has the world’s largest Arab population.
- Egyptians were the first to invent writing known as “Hieroglyphics” as well as ink, and paper which they called “papyrus”.
Hieroglyphi - King Tutankhamun, an ancient king of Egypt died when he was just 18 years of age.
- The people in the Land of the Pharaohs of Egypt used beer as a national currency in their times.
- The Pharaohs kept their hair covered, as common people were not allowed to see it.
- Both men and women of Egypt used make-up, which they believed had healing powers and protected them from the sun.
- Scatomancy is the act of telling the future through someone’s poop. It was popular in ancient Egypt.
- Ancient Egyptians were so fond of cats that if one killed it accidentally, it resulted in a death penalty.
Ancient Egyptians were so fond of cats
Source: Media Source - One of the first Greek rulers of Egypt, who could speak Egyptian was Cleopatra.
- Clocks were first invented by the ancient
Egyptians. - The ancient Egyptian calendar was a solar calendar with a 365-day year. The year consisted of three seasons of 120 days each, plus an intercalary month of 5 epagomenal days treated as outside of the year proper.
- There are 8 sides to the Great Pyramid of Giza and not four as believed.
- Hieroglyphs, the Egyptian writing was exhibited through wall paintings and had more than 700 hieroglyphs in contrast to the 26 alphabets in English.
- Egypt gets only about an inch of rainfall on an average every year.
Egypt gets only about an inch of rainfall on an average every yea - The first pyramid in Egypt was built for the Pharaoh Djoser by Imhotep, an Egyptian architect in 2600 B.C.
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