Egypt beyond the pyramids.
Everyone knows the pyramids exist. Fewer people know about the whales in Egypt's desert or the temples that were cut up and moved. Try these six.
Did you know?
- Because the Nile flows north, 'Upper Egypt' is in the south and 'Lower Egypt' is in the north.
- The ancient Egyptians were among the first to use a 365-day calendar.
- The Suez Canal opened in 1869 and shortened the sea route between Europe and Asia by thousands of kilometres.
The deeper story of Egypt
Egypt's history is so long that its ancient monuments sometimes overshadow everything else. These questions look at its food, language, engineering and natural history too.
A cultural capital
Egyptian cinema and television shaped entertainment across the Arab world for most of the 20th century. As a result, Egyptian expressions and accents are familiar to millions outside Egypt.
Engineering, ancient and modern
From the pyramids to the Suez Canal and the rescue of Abu Simbel, Egypt has hosted some of history's boldest engineering projects.
A desert that was once a sea
Much of Egypt's Western Desert lay under an ancient sea. That is why whale fossils can be found today among sand dunes, far from any coast.