Egypt is one of the most famous countries in Africa. The legacy left by the ancient Egyptians to the modern inhabitants of the country played into the hands of us, turning Egypt into an extremely attractive place for tourists. However, not the pyramids are single – the warm waters of the Red Sea, clean beaches and cozy hotels have made their significant contribution to the popularity of local resorts.
Egypt – one of the few countries, located immediately on two continents. The bulk of it lies in Africa, but Egypt has possessions also on the Sinai Peninsula, which belongs to Asia.
The Red Sea, where most of the resort towns of Egypt are located, is the warmest in the world.
Cairo, the capital of Egypt – so overpopulated city that the authorities not so long ago decided to build a new city and move the capital there.
The territory of Egypt is the second longest river in the world – the Nile. By the way, this is the only river here.
In Cairo, there is a street named after Abai Kunanbayev, a Kazakh poet.
Egypt is a country of one nationality. Arabs make up more than 98% of its population.
More than 95% of the entire Egyptian territory is barren deserts.
On hot summer days, the air temperature in Egypt can rise to +50 degrees. At the same time, on winter nights in deserts, the temperature sometimes drops to negative values.
The ancient Egyptians were the first to invent soap, cement and glass.
In Egypt, you can often see houses without parts of the roof. This is due to the fact that an unfinished house does not have to pay real estate tax.
Egypt occupies one of the first places in the world for the consumption of bakery products.
In the ancient Egyptian alphabet there were about seven hundred hieroglyphs.
Cosmetics here are popular not only among women, but also among men.
In Egypt, polygamy is still allowed.
The famous pyramid of Cheops – the only miracle of the world, survived to this day.
No less famous Sphinx lost its nose in 1798, when Napoleon Bonaparte ordered to fire at him from guns.
The law forbids the Egyptians to marry foreign men.
Cuddling in public in Egypt is not accepted – here it is considered indecent liberties.
There are no doors in Egyptian buses.
The Egyptians are always traded. They do it everywhere and at any purchase. A person who does not bargain and immediately pays the price, usually causes them not respect, but contempt.
Meat is not affordable for most Egyptians, so most of them are on the table only on holidays.
Judging by the archaeological finds, the ancient Egyptian writing is one of the oldest in the world.
The most popular and common drink in ancient Egypt was beer.
When, due to the attack of sharks on several tourists, the popularity of Egyptian resorts fell, hotels began to reduce prices to somehow attract customers, and crowds of Russians wishing to rest at half price poured into Egypt. And most of them did not even go to the beaches, confining themselves to a hotel, a bar and a swimming pool.
The period of compulsory military service in the Egyptian army depends on the formation of the draftee.
