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Egypt: some basic facts
Where is Egypt?
Egypt is in northern Africa. The Mediterranean Sea forms one of
its borders. The Red Sea, Libya and Sudan are on other borders.
How many people
live there?
There are about 69 million people in Egypt. The main language
is Arabic. The main religion is Islam, and there are some Christians.
The president's name is Mohammed Hosni Mubarak
How do the people
live?
Some people live in villages of mud-brick houses and work as farmers.
Others live in cities in apartments in buildings of steel, stone
and glass
On farms Egyptians grow barley, beans, fruit, cotton and lentils. Rice and sugar cane are grown too. Farm animals include buffaloes, cattle, goats and sheep.
Many people earn their living catching fish.
In factories workers produce aluminum, cement, chemicals, fertilizers, food products, iron and steel, and textiles.
Egypt sells oil, cotton, fruit and vegetables, rice, and textiles to other countries.
A Bedouin with his flock of sheep
Bedouins, the nomadic tribal people, move around in the deserts of Egypt with their herds of animals. Many Bedouin live in goat-skin tents.
a Bedouin tent
What clothes do
they wear?
People wear the traditional dress of long flowing robes or in
western style clothes, including jeans and sneakers.
Go here to
see some traditional dress
http://www.pyramidimports.com/artsandcrafts/clothes.htm
Cairo is the capital city of Egypt.
© [2007] Jupiterimages Corporation
Go here to read more about CairoWhat is the weather
like in Egypt?
The weather in hot and dry in summer and mild in winter.
Go here for more http://touregypt.net/climate.htm
Egyptian food
is tasty and delicious. Some
favourite foods are kofta (ground meatballs), kebab (grilled meat),
mulukhia (green soup), tahina (tahini) salad, hamam mahshi (stuffed
pigeon), baba ghannoug (tahini and eggplant), mixed green salads,
stuffed grape leaves, and kusheri (rice and lentils mix).
Go here to
read more about food and recipes http://www.touregypt.net/recipes/
Listen to the National Anthem here
http://www.sis.gov.eg/Video/land&people/national.mid
Go here for all the facts about Egypt http://www.touregypt.net/kids/modernegypt.htm
History, games
and more
http://www.touregypt.net/kids/
http://interoz.com/egypt/kids/
About ancient
and modern Egypt, includes games and stories
http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/en/Default_HTML.aspx
Animals and other wildlife http://www.wildegypt.com/
Ancient Egypt:
kidcyber recommends the following sites
The British Museum http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
: covers aspects of daily life and included teaching ideas
http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/egypt/guide.htm
Excellent PBS site about the pyramids
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
National Geographic web pages about the tomb of Tutankhamen
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/egypt/index.html
Lots of stuff here http://www.eyelid.co.uk/
Technology in Ancient Egypt
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/technology.htm?tqskip1=1
History with timeline and information
about daily life in Ancient Egypt
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/index.htm
Make a mummy with clay http://www.rom.on.ca/egypt/mummy/mum1.html
About heiroglyps http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/
Acknowledge this page in your bibliography like this:
Thomas, Ron. & Sydenham, Shirley. Egypt [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2009)
July 2009 copyright © kidcyber [2009]