Ancient Egypt
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| + | "As early as [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Napoleon's campaigns into Egypt]] the [[Orientalism|Orient]] fascinated Europe. It was [[Vivant Denon]]'s ''[[Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt]]'' that would kick start [[Egyptomania]]." --Sholem Stein | ||
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| [[Image:The Sphinx by Maxime Du Camp, 1849.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Great Sphinx]] by [[Maxime Du Camp]], [[1849]], taken when he traveled in [[Egypt]] with [[Gustave Flaubert]].]] | [[Image:The Sphinx by Maxime Du Camp, 1849.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The [[Great Sphinx]] by [[Maxime Du Camp]], [[1849]], taken when he traveled in [[Egypt]] with [[Gustave Flaubert]].]] | ||
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"As early as Napoleon's campaigns into Egypt the Orient fascinated Europe. It was Vivant Denon's Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt that would kick start Egyptomania." --Sholem Stein |
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Ancient Egypt was a civilization in Northeastern Africa concentrated along the middle to lower reaches of the Nile River, reaching its greatest extent in the second millennium BC, during the New Kingdom.
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See also
- Art of Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian religion
- Ancient Egyptian literature
- Outline of ancient Egypt
- Glossary of ancient Egypt artifacts
- Index of ancient Egypt-related articles
- Ancient Egypt in the Western imagination
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