Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt

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Geography of ancient Egypt

Piramesse

Tani s

5thcataract

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O

N R E D S E A H I L L S

LIBYA

BAYUDA

DESERT

NUBIAN

DESERT

EASTERN

DESERT

WESTERN DESERT

LIBYAN DESERT

Cyprus

DAKHLA

OASIS

FARAFRA

OASIS

BAHRIYA

OASIS

SIWA

OASIS

SALIMA

OASIS

KHARGA

OASIS

PA

LE

ST

IN

E

LE

BA

N

O

N

SINAI

FAIYUM

Ni

le

R.

Ni

le

R.

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

Dead Sea

1st cataract

2nd cataract

3rd cataract

4th cataract

5th cataract

Alexandria

Memphis Giza

Saqqara

Piramesse

Tanis

Hierakleopolis

Beni Hasan

Tell el-Amarna

Thebes

Abydos

Aswan

Semna

Kerma

Gebel

Barkal

Napata

Kurgus

LOWER

EGYPT

UPPER

EGYPT

Cultivated land

Pastoral area