Welcome

to our presentation!

Imagine,
you do have 365 sunny days
a year!

You do enter a different world

with many great possibilities
where:

The past
meets
the future!!!!
 About Egypt‘s history:
The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-
isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development
of one of the world's great civilizations.
- Ca. 3200 B.C.: A unified kingdom arose and a series of dynasties ruled in Egypt
for the next three millennia
- 341 B.C.: The last native dynasty fell to the Persians, who in turn were replaced
by the Greeks, Romans, and Byzantines.
- In the 7th century it was the Arabs who introduced Islam and the Arabic
language and who ruled for the next six centuries.
- About 1250 A local military caste, the Mamluks took control and continued to
govern after the conquest of Egypt by the Ottoman Turks in 1517.
- 1869: Following the completion of the Suez Canal, Egypt became an important
world transportation hub, but also fell heavily into debt.
- 1882: Ostensibly to protect its investments, Britain seized control of Egypt's
government, but nominal allegiance to the Ottoman Empire continued until 1914.
- 1922: Partially independent from the UK, Egypt acquired full sovereignty
following World War II.
- 1971: The completion of the Aswan High Dam and the resultant Lake Nasser
have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and
ecology of Egypt. The government has struggled to ready the economy for the
new millennium through economic reform and massive investment in
communications and physical infrastructure.
Geography:
 About Geography:
Location:Northern Africa, bordering the
Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and
the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of
Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai
Peninsula
Area:total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
Area -slightly more than three times the size of
comparative:New Mexico

Landtotal: 2,665 km
boundaries:border countries: Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel
266 km, Libya 1,115 km, Sudan 1,273 km

Coastline:2,450 km
Climate:desert; hot, dry summers with moderate
winters
Terrain:vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile
valley and delta
 About Geography:
Naturalpetroleum, natural gas, iron ore,
resources:phosphates, manganese, limestone,
gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc
Land use:arable land: 2.87%
permanent crops: 0.48%
other: 96.65% (2001)
Irrigated33,000 sq km (1998 est.)
land:
Naturalperiodic droughts; frequent earthquakes,
hazards:flash floods, landslides; hot, driving
windstorm called khamsin occurs in
spring; dust storms, sandstorms
Environmentparty to: Biodiversity, Climate Change,
-Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,
internationalDesertification, Endangered Species,
agreements:Environmental Modification, Hazardous
Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,
Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,
Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the
 About Population:
Population:77,505,756 (July 2005 est.)
Age0-14 years: 33%
structure:15-64 years: 62.6%
65 years and over: 4.4% (2005 est.)
Median age:total: 23.68 years
male: 23.31 years
female: 24.05 years (2005 est.)
Population1.78% (2005 est.)
growth rate:

Birth rate:23.32 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate:5.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Lifetotal population: 71 years
expectancymale: 68.5 years
at birth:female: 73.62 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility2.88 children born/woman (2005 est.)
rate:

EthnicEastern Hermitic stock (Egyptians,

 About Population:

Religions:Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic

Christian and other 6%
Languages:Arabic (official), English and French widely
understood by educated classes
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and
write
total population: 57.7%
male: 68.3%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.)
 About Egypt:
Hurghada:

Hurghada, known in Egypt as Ghardaga, was at one time just a simple fishing
village. But now, with it's crystal clear water, untouched reefs and a multitude of
ship wrecks, it has become one of the best Egyptian tourist destinations.
With more than 20 km of hotels along the beach, Hurghada can satisfy the
needs of every visitor, from scuba diving to windsurfing to desert safaris.

One can choose from the finest 5 Star Hotels to simple Guest Houses, and
everything in-between.
Hurghada is world renowned as a center for some of the world's best Diving.
Within a couple of hours from your hotel you can be amongst a group of
islands that are the home to Dive Sites guaranteed to astound even the most
experienced divers.
 About Egypt:
Luxor

Luxor is the biggest open-air museum of the world filled with impressive
monuments of an ancient civilization. Under the name „Waset“, Luxor was
the capital of Egypt in the New Empire (1567 – 1085 a.Chr.)

Homer called it „City of the 100 gates“ as Theben. The youngest name of
the city „Al Uqsur“ means „City of the palaces“.
Today the temple, graves and palaces are located inbetween markets and
luxurious hotels; as witnesses for the wish of being immortal, built for eternity,
out of sandstone and granite.

Nowhere in Egypt the witnesses of the shiny past are so many as here: huge
halls of columns, colourful grave paintings, temple reliefs and masterpieces of
the sculpture arts.

Divided through the River Nile in two parts the city center of Luxor with the
temple of Amun is located in the East. In the West streets are leading through
the prolific land to the empire of the pharaos who found the last resting place
in the Valley of the Kings.
But not only graves also temples were built for the dead rulers and great
godnesses of the country at the Nile. The temple of Amun of Karnak became
the biggest and most powerful sanctuary of Egypt.
 About Egypt:

Luxor
Temple of Karnak
Karnak shows one of the most imposing architectural bows to a godness. It
started modest during the 12. Dynasty with the Temple of Amun. Every pharao
added another work to the one of his predecessor. Like this within the period of
2,000 years an extensive Godness district was built; a collection of temples, plants
of gates and colonnades with the Holy Lake.
The fabulous halls of columns, the great pylons at the entrance and the huge
pharao statues are impressive examples of the power of the pharaos and their
non-comparable art of construction of their former architects.
On the way to the Valley of the Kings you will pass by the Memnon colosses.
These statues were once guarding the death temple of Amenophes IIII which is
not existing anymore.
The valley of the Kings
The valley of the kings, mysterious and unreal, is
imbed in the mountains of Theben. 64 graves were
discovered until now. The most famous grave is the
one of Tut Anch Amun who died in the age of 19
years with his terrific gold treasure.
The wives and children of the pharaos were burried in the
Valley of the Queens. The grave of Nefertari, the
favourite wife of Ramses II is decorated with shiny colours,
the great royal wife appears in front of the godnesses who
welcome her as one of theirs in the eternity.
 About Egypt:

Cairo:
Cairo, known in Egypt as El Quaira, has ever since a very special charme.
Already in the stories of 1001 nights it has been described with full admiration.

The Cairo of today is fascinating everyone: the very special call at the prayer-
times, calm-keeping drivers in the daily traffice chaos, the talkative people who
are always ready for a small-talk...
A few days in this city open you the door to a
completely different world. Time is relative –
„Es sabr gamil“ = „patience is nice“ – in Cairo
you understand the meaning of this proverb quickly.
Palaces, Mosques, flower grounds between gardens
and canals give the medieval city
its special charme. No other city has so many
buildings from the heyday of the islamic
architecture.

Cairo is „the gate to the orient“, mediator between Islam and Christianity.
While magnificant streets and Boulevards lead through the center, you will feel
the oriental atmosphere in the old town streets.
Also the old Cairo is full of life: very small streets and lanes,
the Khan El Khalily Bazar, shops with a wide range of souvenirs,
crowded coffeeshops and absolutely different smells lead you to
another world.
 About Egypt:

Cairo:

The Egyptian museum

Even if it‘s unfortunately much too small the Egyptian museum is the richest
treasure vault of Egypt and gives the best overview about the history and culture
of the country.
With more than 150,000 pieces the collection which was established in 1858 is one
of the biggest museums of the world.
It‘s recommended to have a look at the treasure of Tut Anchum at first with the
famous golden mask, the golden sarcopharg and the hall of mummies where
Ramses II and 10 other great pharaos and queens found their for the time being last
resting place.
The Pyramids of Gizeh
Round about half hour away from the inner city of Cairo you will find Gizeh: The
Pyramids rise majestic above Cairo. The Greeks and Romans counted them as one
of the 7 Wonders of the World of the former times. Until today they are fascinating
through their size and technical precision at their errection.
The step pyramid, a masterpiece of the architect Imhotep, dominates the huge
Saqqara-cementry in the desert. The ruins of the former metropolis Memphis in
the shadow of the datepalm groves of Mit Rahina appear restarined compared to
this. Small villages and green fields along the watering canals on the way to
Saqqara and further to Dahsur are the timeless companions on the journey to the
pharaonic past.