People of the Nile

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Q1: The ancient Egyptians claimed vast areas of desert as well as the land next to the Nile. Can you think why they did this?
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If we make a map of all the places where ancient Egyptian remains can be found, we see an extraordinary land, just as the Egyptians imagined it: like a stalk with a flower head.

The ancient Egyptians could never look down on their land as we can today, using satellites. But when we do we can see just why they lived in a country with such an extraordinary shape.