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Egyptian civilization began along the banks of the River Nile. The name Egypt comes from the Greek name for the country: Egyptos. The Egyptians were the first people known to have separated copper from its ore, about four thousand years ago. The Egyptians used water clocks and sundials to tell the time. Over three thousand years ago the Egyptians were skilled in the use of geometry to plan the layout of their buildings. It is believed that astronomy may have been significant in the alignment of their pyramids and temples.

The Great Pyramid is one of the Seven Wonders of the World . The Pharos of Alexandria, a lighthouse 140 m high, was another of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Egyptians needed engineering and mathematical skills to control the Nile flooding to ensure the best irrigation and fertilization of their land. The ancient Egyptians had a 365 day solar calendar like our own. Experiments with steam power were carried out by Hiero in Egypt at least eighteen hundred years ago.

Ptolemy I founded a library in Alexandra containing half a million volumes of the world's knowledge: it was later burnt by Christians. The history of Egyptian medicine dates back four thousand years. It is believed that there were female doctors in ancient Egypt . An ancient Egyptian cure for baldness was treatment with a mixture of crocodile, hippopotamus, lion, snake, goose and ibex fat.

The Egyptian desert has not always been desert: in some areas marine fossils can be found. As well as preserving the bodies of their rulers, the ancient Egyptians also mummified birds and animals linked to their gods: cats, bulls, crocodiles and ibises have been found in their thousands, carefully mummified and wrapped. Cats were first domesticated in Egypt . The goddess, Bast, is the patroness of cats and the home. The French sculptor, Bartholdi proposed a giant statue for the harbor entrance to Port Said . The plan failed because of lack of money but eventually he revived his idea as the Statue of Liberty, New York.