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| Holiday in Egypt |
 One of the most amazing place to visit for your Holiday is Egypt. Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world and the second-most populous on the African Continent. Nearly all of the country's 70 million people live in Cairo and Alexandria; elsewhere on the banks of the Nile; in the Nile delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal. Small communities spread throughout the desert regions of Egypt are clustered around oases and historic trade and transportation routes.
On Holiday in Egypt you will have a possibility to recognize the vast and rich literature which constitutes an important cultural element in the life of the country and in the Arab world as a whole. Egyptian novelists and poets were among the first to experiment with modern styles of Arabic literature, and the forms they developed have been widely imitated. Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab to win the Nobel prize for literature. Egyptian books and films are available throughout the Middle East. 
On Holiday in Egypt the tourist would enjoy safari or walk to the pyramids and can rest in some of the oasises . Egypt has endured as a unified state for more than 5,000 years, and archaeological evidence indicates that a developed Egyptian society has existed for much longer. Egyptians take pride in their "pharaonic heritage" and in their descent from what they consider mankind's earliest civilization. The Arabic word for Egypt is Misr, which originally connoted "civilization" or "metropolis."  Archaeological findings show that primitive tribes lived along the Nile(you have to visit it on your Holiday nn Egypt) long before the dynastic history of the pharaons began. By 6000 B.C., organized agriculture had appeared.
In about 3100 B.C., Egypt was united under a ruler known as Mena, or Menes, who inaugurated the 30 pharaonic dynasties into which Egypt's ancient history is divided--the Old and the Middle Kingdoms and the New Empire. The pyramids at Giza (near Cairo), which were built in the fourth dynasty, testify to the power of the pharaonic religion and state. The Great Pyramid, the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu (also known as Cheops), is the only surviving monument of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Ancient Egypt reached the peak of its power, wealth, and territorial extent in the period called the New Empire (1567-1085 B.C.).
Many place you can visit on your Holiday in Egypt. One of the famous places are St.Catherine's mountain,Mohammed Ali Pasha Palace(In itself it is a rare archaeological masterpiece dating back to 200 ago years and combining both the Western and Islamic styles of art.), Bibliotheca Alexandria,the sfinks,the pyramids and many many more.
Nowadays Egypt is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula in total area of 1,001,450 sq km .The country is desert with hot, dry summers with moderate winters .The Capital is Cairo which most of the Tourists visit it when on Holiday in Egypt. The official language is Arabic , but English and French are widely understood by educated. The currency is Egyptian pound.
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