Info about Egypt
Best times to visit Egypt
When you visit Egypt, the land of the pharaohs, you will be interested in its ancient civilization and traditions.
We gives you info about Egypt , to enjoy your holiday in Egypt. No one can give a true info about Egypt and Egyptian culture,
better than the cruise experts team, because our origins are here.
Egypt's population
Egypt's population is 110 million, of which more than 25 million live in Cairo. Most of Egypt's population lives on the banks of the Nile, which divides Egypt into two parts, west and east, where more than 90% of the population lives. Egypt's one million square kilometers, the green area only 4%, and the remaining 96% of the desert, it is not surprising that Egypt ranks third in the world in stone wealth.
Names of Egypt
Ancient Time
ancient names of Egypt has more than meaning in different eras,
including what is the ancient name of Egypt and what is modern,
but what does the ancient name of Egypt mean?
Hieroglyphs
"Ta We"
means Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt,
"Kemet"
means Black Land,
"Deshert"
means Yellow Desert and Red Mountain.
ha-ka-Ptah
On Memphis Capital of Egypt in old kingdom , the city god of
" Ptah" was called ha-ka-Ptah, which means In the sense of God's soul.
Hebrew and Aramaic name
It was named after Mizoram bin Nasr bin Ham bin Noah, who came to Egypt after the Great Flood.Egypt was mentioned as "Mo ser.
Greek's name
This word ha-ka-Ptah was transformed into ega ptah, then turned into Egyptos,from which the word Egypt came in English
Arabic's name
But when the Arabs opened Egypt, they called its people "Gubt," which is why the people of Egypt are called Copts.
Now you pronounce "Misr" as in the Koran and the Bible.
Now, called "Egypt" as the official name.
Egyptians speak Arabic
Egypt is one of the few countries whose language has not changed much.
In the Byzantine era, Coptic language spread, When Muslims entered Egypt, Arabic became the official language, and it was strange that there were some words and sentences of hieroglyphs used in the Egyptian dialect!
Most Egyptians also speak English as a foreign language, because it is the first foreign language in basic and secondary schools. But don't be surprised when you walk around the market, listening to a salesman who speaks Chinese, Japanese or Russian.
Of course, we provide you with an academic tour guides accredited by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism who speaks many languages fluently.
Egypt's Borders
Egypt is the beating heart of the world, as Napoleon Bonaparte said, "Egypt is the heart of the planet that occupies it, dominating the whole world. "It has been at the crossroads of three continents and for thousands of years Egypt's borders have not changed. Its eastern borders meet in Sinai with Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, the Red Sea, which stretches Egypt's border to the south with the Sudan and to the north through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea, reaches Libya's border, spans 3,500 km of sea beaches from the Red Sea to the White Sea, and in the west lies Western Sahara, a natural barrier that extends to the Libyan desert and meets in the south.With the borders of the Sudan, the Nile reaches Egypt, the Sudan, and Lake Nasser, which extends to 150 km in the Sudan.
Best weather time in egypt
Summer starts in May and ends in October, and temperatures range with different times of night and day in the summer from 30 degrees in the north, as the humidity rises to 45 degrees in the south with dry weather.
It rains once or twice in the north, and August is the warmest month in the summer. The best summer cities in Egypt are Alexandria, North Coast, Sharm El Sheikh, Marsa Alam, and the Western Desert.
You can also enjoy a sailing cruise on the gentle Nile cruise boats from Luxor to Aswan, but your visit should start early in the morning.
Autumn begins from the beginning of October to the first of .November
Winter begins on the first of November and ends in April, this is the ideal time for tourists to enjoy the warm sun in Egypt. The weather is sometimes cold and others time is rainy specially on the northern coasts, it rains about six times, sometimes see snow on the heights of Saint Catherine, and temperatures range from 0 ° C at night to 25 ° C during the day and the coldest month in winter is February.The spring begins from the first of April to May, when the Khamaseen winds are active in it.
From October to May the weather is changeable, the temperatures are warm or summer during the day, but in the early morning and at night they are very cold, and we advise you to avoid air conditioning and wear a jacket.
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