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Egypt (Egyptian: Km.t ; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Kīmi ; Arabic: مصر Misr ; Egyptian Arabic: Misr), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North Africa that includes the Sinai Peninsula, a land bridge to Asia. Covering an area of about 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,560 square miles), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and Palestine and Israel to the northeast; on the north and the east are the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, respectively.

Egypt is the fifteenth most populous country in the world. The vast majority of its 78.8 million people (2006) live near the banks of the Nile River (about 40,000 km² or 15,450 sq miles) where the only arable agricultural land is found. Large areas of land form part of the Sahara Desert and are sparsely inhabited. Around half of Egypt's residents live in urban areas, with the majority spread across the densely populated centers of greater Cairo (the largest city in Africa and the Middle East), Alexandria and other major towns in the Nile Delta.

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Giza Pyramids The Pyramids of Egypt, among the largest constructions ever built, constitute one of the most potent and enduring symbols of Ancient Egyptian civilization. They were constructed as burial monuments for Egyptian royalty, and most were built during the Old and Middle Kingdom periods

The number of pyramid structures in Egypt today is between 80 and 111. In 1842 Karl Richard Lepsius made a list of pyramids, in which he counted 67, but more have been identified and discovered since his time. The imprecise nature of the count is related to the fact that as many smaller pyramids are in a poor state of preservation and appear as little more than mounds of rubble. These are only now being properly identified and studied by archaeologists. Most are grouped in a number of pyramid fields.

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The Hanging Church is Cairo's most famous Coptic church first built in the AD 3rd or 4th century

Main article: The Hanging Church

Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church also known as the Hanging Church (El Muallaqa) is one of the oldest churches in Egypt and the history of a church on this site dates to the 3rd century A.D. The Hanging (The Suspended) Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage. The church is approached by 29 steps; early travelers to Cairo dubbed it "the Staircase Church." The church served as the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria, which is historically based in Alexandria, Egypt but as ruling powers moved away from Alexandria to Cairo after the Arab invasion of Egypt and during Pope Christodolos 's tenure Cairo became the fixed and official residence of the Coptic Pope at the Hanging Church in Cairo in 1047.

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Saad Zaghlul
Born 1859
Gharbia, Egypt Died 1927
Cairo, Egypt

Saad Zaghlul (Arabic سعد زغلول; also: Sa'ad Zaghloul Pasha ibn Ibrahim) (1859-August 23, 1927) was an Egyptian political figure. He served as prime minister of Egypt from 26 January 1924 to 24 November 1924.

Early life

A native of Gharbeyya in the Delta, Saad Zaghlul led the nationalist forces (Wafd Party) in Egypt demanding independence. The British tried to weaken the nationalist cause by arresting Zaghlul, but their action only sparked riots and violence leading to what Egyptians call "the first revolution" .

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