Structure and Architecture of Ancient Egypt

In ancient times, the Egyptians called the desert the "red land", distinguishing it from the flood plain around the Nile River, called the "black land". These colors reflect the fact that the desert sands have a reddish hue and the land around the Nile turned black when the annual flood waters receded.

In Ancient Egypt, The Nile river played an important role as it provided them with food, transportation and more. The Nile River is the longest river in the world. It is 4100 miles long and it flows through many countries including Egypt, Sudan, Ectopia and so on.

Some cities in Ancient Egypt were specialized... there were political towns that housed government workers and officials such as capital cities of Memphis and Thebes . Other towns were religious towns centered around a major temple. Other towns were built to house workers for major construction projects like the pyramids. The largest and most important cities in Ancient Egypt were the capital cities. The first capital city was the Thinis. Memphis wa the capital of Egypt from 2950 BC to 2180 BC.

Alexandria was famous for the Lighthouse of Alexandria which is one of the seven wonders of the Ancient world. It is also known as the intellectual center of the world and home to the largest library of the world.