The ancient Egyptian culture is a great one, and you will be hard pressed to find someone to disagree with you. Ancient Egypt in modern terminology is located in Africa, at the northwest corner.

The Nile River, usually just called the 'Nile', passed through the middle of the civilization. The northern part was known as Lower Egypt, and the southern part as Upper Egypt - a fact which has lead to some confusion among tourists. The Nile is understood as the longest river in the world, but recent scientists find that there is a possibility that the Amazon River located in South America may be a slight amount longer.

Specifically there are three separate sections, or periods of time that Egyptian history can be divded up into. These are known as the Old Kingdom, the Central Kingdom, and the Modern Kingdom. Each period has specific facts which are unique to it, and are best learned and studied on their own.

The kingdoms of ancient Egypt were under the rule of the Pharaoh at the time, and in fact the ancient Egyptian people themselves held the strong belief that somehow their gods were responsible for choosing each Pharaoh, thus the people could rest soundly at night, knowing that all was under control. In fact, the government of ancient Egypt can be mentioned as the first national government in the world, and people referred to as viziers, who were officials assigned to the Pharaoh, also helped to rule.

The Egyptian people, like the Sumerian people, had a language and writing style of their own. A Papyrus plant was used to make paper - thus defining the source of the idiom, paper!

A lot of people find the ancient cultures, Egyptian significantly, to be profoundly mysterious as a result of the spectacular massive monuments, most notably the Great Pyramid at Giza, very close to Cairo, that are still in view to this day.

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