The Nile of Egypt

"It is said that the pharaohs of ancient Egypt had no use for roads. The Nile was their highway"

The Nile is the river flowing through Egypt and Sudan, which has its sources in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi. The Nile , starting with the Kyaka river in Burundi, is 6,671 km long, and has a surface area of a total of 3,350,000 km² (5 times the area of France). The discharge is around 3,1 million litres per second.

The ancient name of the Nile, was Iteru. The annual flood was personified by the god Hapy, who was associated with fertility and regeneration.

Around 105 million people live along the Nile, most of these in Egypt. The Nile has been the source of civilization for more than 5,000 years. The greatest of these civilizations belongs to Ancient Egypt. More recent was Nubia, belonging to the region of modern Sudan. This period lasted until about 0 CE.

Throughout history the Egyptian Nile Valley has been defined as two distinct regions -- Upper Egypt, which extends south of Cairo to the Sudanese border, and Lower Egypt, which encompasses the Nile Delta that begins north of Cairo.