The Ancient Egyptians called The Nile 'Ar' which meant black, because that was the colour of the soil and silt left behind after theflooding. Some years though the river didn't flood properly ...

Ancient Egyptians called their land "Kemet," which meant "black," after the black fertile silt-layered soil that was left ... silt-laden soils along the Nile—a river that provides a source ...

one of Egypt’s oldest cities about 300 miles south of Cairo and roughly six miles from the Nile River. Ancient Egyptian mythology held that Abydos served as the burial place for Osiris ...

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 river Nile was life in ancient Egypt, providing a fundamental source of water and fertile silt while simultaneously offering protection and spiritual strength.

They're the wonders of the ancient ... Egyptian pyramids may have been solved. Archaeologists have discovered that the famous structures could have been built along a long-lost branch of the river ...