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Strange. “Upper Egypt” is the southern part of Egypt and “Lower Egypt” is the northern part. The source of the Nile (to the south of Egypt) was the key referenc
by pyuser583 1y ago
Strange. “Upper Egypt” is the southern part of Egypt and “Lower Egypt” is the northern part. The source of the Nile (to the south of Egypt) was the key reference point to ancient Egyptians.
I searched, and Ptolemy was a Greek who lived in Egypt, not an ethnic Egyptian.
- chatmasta 1y agoThe first time I realized the Nile flowed from South to North, I thought someone was pranking me. It just felt fundamentally wrong. That’s probably because when you look at a globe, the Nile seems like it should be dripping downward…
- YurgenJurgensen 1y agoBut the Mediterranean is right there. Did you think the Mediterranean drains into some sinkhole in the middle of Africa?
- chatmasta 1y agoWell I was about eleven years old, so I’m not sure I’d even heard of the Mediterranean by then.
- Affric 1y agoUpper is literally higher up with respect to distance from the Earth’s centre of gravity. When I was 8 or 9 in school we studied Egypt and I had to know and no one could answer. Might have been one of the first things I used Google for.