OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaEgypt is a country in the northeast corner of Africa that is full of history! The capital city is Cairo, one of the biggest cities in Africa. People in Egypt speak Arabic. Egypt is famous for its pyramids, mummies, and the mighty Nile River!
Egyptian families love to share meals together, and a popular food is called koshari, made with rice, pasta, and lentils! Many kids in Egypt play soccer just like kids in other countries. Ancient Egyptians invented one of the first kinds of writing, called hieroglyphics, which used tiny pictures instead of letters. Today, people in Egypt celebrate holidays with music, dancing, and special sweets.
- The Great Pyramid is made of about 2.3 million stone blocks, and each one weighs as much as a car!
- Ancient Egyptians loved cats so much that they treated them like royalty.
- The Sahara Desert is almost as big as the entire United States.
- Cleopatra, a famous queen of Egypt, lived closer in time to us than to the building of the pyramids!
