Ancient Egyptian Geography
The ancient Egyptian civilisation was situated mostly in the Nile Valley in Egypt, located in the top northern corner of Africa. The climate was humid, hot and dry. The Ancient Egyptians had two seasons- a mild winter and a hot summer. The size of the whole country was 1,001,450km². The Ancient Egyptians spoke Egyptian and wrote in hieroglyphics which comes from Greek- hieros (sacred) and gluptien (carved in stone).
The Egyptians referred to the desert as the Red Land, because of the colour of the sand. The Nile River, the mouth of the river where it entered the sea and Lake Fayum, an oasis close to the Nile River, that used water from the Nile were known as the Black Land because of the rich black soil/silt that was deposited as a result of the Nile River flooding.
The Egyptians referred to the desert as the Red Land, because of the colour of the sand. The Nile River, the mouth of the river where it entered the sea and Lake Fayum, an oasis close to the Nile River, that used water from the Nile were known as the Black Land because of the rich black soil/silt that was deposited as a result of the Nile River flooding.