Cleopatra Lived Closer in Time to the Moon Landing Than to the Great Pyramid
The Great Pyramid was built around 2560 BCE, while Cleopatra lived about 2,000 years before 1969.
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Tutankhamun's Tomb Was Found in 1922
Howard Carter discovered the nearly intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
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The Suez Canal Opened in 1869
The waterway links the Mediterranean and Red Seas and spares ships the trip around Africa.
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The Rosetta Stone Helped Decode Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Found in 1799, it carried the same text in three scripts, and Jean-François Champollion deciphered hieroglyphs in 1822.
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About 95 Percent of Egyptians Live Near the Nile
Most of the country is desert, so the population clusters along the river and its delta.