Aoife Hanratty

• Largest monolithic statue in the world• Oldest known monumental sculpture In the world• Proposed to have been used in solar worship in the early Dynastic Period Carved out of natural bedrock and added limestone• There are many myths about how the Sphinx lost its

nose.• Scholars today think that the nose was removed Sufi

who considered the sphinx a blasphemous idol, this is based on tool marks that remain showing that it was deliberately pried off with chisels.

• A Standalone Reef in the Egyptian Red Sea• Small artificial island in the centre of the reef

which has a lighthouse.• Well known place for diving, you can see

hammerhead sharks and many types of coral.

• Located in the Libyan Desert• Siwa Oasis is one of Egypt's most isolated

settlements, with 23,000 people • Agriculture is the main activity, particularly the

cultivation of dates and olives.• The isolation of the oasis caused the development of a unique culture

• A UNESCO World Heritage Site• Has many decayed temples, chapels, pylons and other buildings• The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby,

and partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak

• In Karnak there is the Presinct of Amun-Re, The Precinct of Mut, Precinct of Montu and Temple of Amenhotep IV

• The longest river in the world• Two major tributaries, the White Nile and Blue

Nile• In Cairo the Nile splits into two branches

or distributaries that feed the Mediterranean

• A Valley where tombs were constructed for Pharoahs and powerful nobels.• The Valley contains 63 tombs•  The royal tombs are decorated with scenes from Egyptian mythology and give clues to the beliefs and funerary rituals of the period

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