Egypt is full of heritage and it comes in the list of historical countries. In the Arab world, the most diversified economy belongs to Egypt. Founding member of United Nations is Egypt. Moreover, the official language of Egypt is Arabic. Let’s take a look at some interesting Egypt facts.

History of Prosthetic Limb

The first prosthetic limb in the world had been produced by Egyptians. It was a toe made with leather, thread and wood in 710 B.C. This Toe is attached to a mummy housed in Cairo museum. It is world’s oldest prosthetic limb.

Invention of Calendar

The 365 days format calendar was invented in Egypt. Based on the knowledge of Heliacal Rising this calendar had been invented. The other name of this calendar is Solar Calendar.

Weird Egypt Fact

It is weird to know that in Egypt people who have more than 5,000 followers on social media account are monitored by officials and they must get the license by the government.

Literacy Rate

Egyptians has a pretty good literacy rate for men which is 84 percent but for women it is slightly low as compare to men. The women literacy rate is 54 percent.

Wigs Represent social status

In order to stay cool, because it’s very hot in Egypt, women and men shaved their heads and frequently wore wigs. This trend became so famous that wearing wigs was considered a social status symbol. Rich people wore wigs made from human hair and the poor from wool.

Largest Arabic Population

Egypt has largest Arabic population in the world. The official language of Egypt is Arabic but English is now also used to guide the tourists

Egyptian Mummy

One of the most sacred ritual in ancient Egypt is to preserve the body of deceased human being or sometimes an animal. These preserved bodies are called mummies. The process of mummification is carried out in cool and dry place. All the moisture is removed from the body leaving the body dry so that the body won’t decay.

Whenever the word mummy comes to our mind, we always think of Egypt. But the truth is, this process was started by an American tribe 2000 years ago.

Most Famous Mummy is that of King Tutankhamun. This mummy is 30,000 years old. King Tut was very famous and died at early age. Many people who have seen mummies in real life know that mummies don’t have bad odor. Because they don’t have any organs inside their body.

The oldest known mummies are Chinchorro mummies. The oldest chinchorro mummy in Egypt dated around 5050 BC. Chinchorro mummies were first mummified in South American in Chinchorro culture. The techniques used for mummification were

• Natural mummification
• Black mummy technique
• Red mummy technique

Egyptian Gods

Ancient Egyptians worshiped many Gods and Goddess. Egypt’s history is full of Gods. Only few of the Egyptian Gods are famous while most are not. For example, the goddess Qebhet is responsible to offer water to the souls of dead. Similarly Seshat is the goddess of writen words.

The Egyptian Gods Set contain of following most famous gods,

• AMUN-Ra: King of all Gods and Goddess. The hidden one is the other name of AMUN-RA.
• MUT: In Egypt the word MUT means “mother”. MUT deity wears two crown representing Upper and Lower Egypt.
• SEKHMET: Goddess of War and Protection. Best known for her vicious character.
• GEB: The God of Earth protects crops.His laugh known to have caused earth-quack.
• THOTH: He has known as God of knowledge and wisdom. Many Egyptian know his as self -created God.
• ANUBIS: The God of Embalming, he guides the souls of dead in the afterlife.
• HORUS: The God of Revenge, had a particular importance in Egypt.
• HATHOR: The Goddess of Motherhood, Dance, Music. She is the helper of women during pregnancy.
• RA: The God of Sun and Light, with sun disk on his head. According to Egyptians, he had created the universe.
• OSIRIS: Goddess of Dead, worshiped as the God of hereafter life.

Nile River Egypt Facts

Many of us know the longest river in the world is River Nile. The depth of Nile River is 8-11 meters. The Nile river is 6,650 Km long.

The God of annual flooding of Nile is Hapi. River Nile originated 30 million years ago.

Egyptian Food

Egyptian food consists of dishes such as mashed fava beans, okra with garlic and coriander sauce, pasta, kushari, rice, shawarma, molokhia, mixture of lentils etc.

Every country has some specialties regarding breakfast, lunch and dinner. Similarly the traditional breakfast in Egypt is Ful Medammes.

Egyptian food is very affordable, healthy and nutritious.

Ancient Egyptian pyramids are architectural structures having pyramid-shape, located in Egypt. The stones used to make these pyramids are heavier than elephants.

The Pyramid of Giza has modern style doors, with rooms for both king and queen and a modern gallery. All of the pyramids located in Egypt were made to the west of river Nile. The reason behind the making of these pyramids was to protect the tombs.

The building material of these pyramids is limestone. It took 2000 years to build them.

Cleopatra Egyptian Queen

Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator was a famous Egyptian Queen who was married to her brother to keep Egyptian tradition and later killed his own brother to make her son ruler of Egypt.

The queen, Cleopatra was the most beautiful lady of her time. She used to bath in donkey milk, honey, almond oil and sea salt on daily basis.

Population Egypt Facts

Approximately 90 percent of Egyptian population is Muslim. Remaining 10 percent are Christians. The official religion of Egypt is Islam and the official language is Arabic.

Bonus Fact

Most of the area of Egypt is dry. World’s largest desert, Sahara make most of the area of Egypt.