It almost never rains in Egypt ... Nile River used to flood in the late summer every year. This flooding brought nutrient-rich soil and washed away accumulated salts in the soil, too. That's why ...

Ancient Egyptian person: Well it’s not! We need to know exactly when the river will flood ... The flooding of the Nile and the fertile soil allowed them to build a wealthy empire.

The invention of the shaduf was very important in the story of Ancient Egypt. It helped people to easily access the water from the River Nile ... away again, the soil that was left behind was ...

There are days when the sand blows ceaselessly, blanketing the remains of a powerful dynasty that ruled Egypt 5,000 years ago. When the wind dies down and the sands are still, a long shadow casts ...

Downstream in Egypt ... Egyptians live along the Nile or in its delta. At the megalopolis of Cairo, the river begins to fan out into a giant delta, a historically fertile region woven with ...

Astronomy and astrology were deeply intertwined in ancient civilizations, particularly in Egypt and Mesopotamia ... the flooding of the Nile, which brought fertile soil for farming.