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Map of Nile tributaries in modern Sudan, showing the Yellow Nile The Nile represented in an ancient Roman mosaic found from the ruins of Pompeii. The Yellow Nile is a former tributary that connected the Ouaddaï highlands of eastern Chad to the Nile River Valley c. 8000 to c. 1000 BCE. [49] Its remains are known as the Wadi Howar.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Egypt has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.8 km 2), of which 2.4 acres (9,595 m 2), or 0.26%, are water. [4] Coplay Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River, flows eastward through the southern part of the community. Through the Lehigh River, the community is part of the Delaware River watershed.
Bethlehem is a city in Northampton and Lehigh Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, United States. It has a history of Moravian settlement, steel production, and Christmas celebration, and is the second-largest city in the Lehigh Valley after Allentown.
The Lehigh Valley (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a geographic and metropolitan region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh and Northampton counties in eastern Pennsylvania.It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bounded to its north by Blue Mountain, to its south by South Mountain, to its west by Lebanon Valley, and to its east by the Delaware River and Warren County, New Jersey. [1]
The Nile Delta is the delta formed by the Nile River in Lower Egypt, where it drains into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the world's larger deltas, with a rich agricultural region and a long history of human settlement and culture.
Central Bethlehem Historic District is a national historic district located in Bethlehem in Lehigh and Northampton counties in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area of eastern Pennsylvania. The district includes 165 contributing buildings, six contributing sites, including Nisky Hill Cemetery, nine contributing structures, and four contributing ...
Avaris was a major city in the Nile Delta, founded by Amenemhat I and later conquered by the Hyksos. It was a hub of trade and culture, with influences from Egypt, Asia and the Aegean, and was the site of a temple with Minoan-style wall paintings.
A team of archaeological divers found pieces of ancient Egyptian artifacts that have been sitting at the bottom of the Nile River since the area was flooded in the 1960s and 1970s.. During an ...