Egypt

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus depicts the land of the pharaohs as “Egypt is the gift of the Nile”. The Nile is the major route for transportation, communication for Egypt and it is the longest river in the world. More significantly, the Nile left rich deposits of alluvial soil along its banks each spring, giving the Egyptians fertile land to plant their corps.

Egypt, was protected from her enemies by thousands of miles of desert, developed in secure isolation. There was a sense of durability and order in this land of hot sun, and this sense is display in the art of the ancient Egyptians.

The Egyptian nation begins about 5000 years ago when King Menes (also called Narmer) began the first of Egypt’s 31 dynasties (ruling families). King Menes did this by uniting its [... continue reading]