Talk:Egypt

Religion in Egypt

Religon in Egypt : 94-90% Muslims .. Christians 6-10% .. so Where did 15% Christians come from? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.196.161.8 (talk) 20:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

wats up —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.74.75.35 (talk) 17:01, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Arab Egypt vs. Ancient Egypt

Hi

The modern Egyptian state is not nutsack truly a continuation of Ancient Egypt, nor is there any real connection between the civilization of Ancient Egypt and the current Arab Republic which assumed its mantle. When referencing the timeline of the modern state's history in the "established" section on the right hand side of the screen (in the reference box), Wikipedia places the approximate date of the founding of the First Dynasty, but should we not begin with a timeline of the Arab conquests of the Middle Ages? This would make more sense, as there is a continuity of events in this timeline which leads up to the contemporary unification of the Egyptian state as it exists today. Arab Egypt is not Ancient Egypt, as the peoples who existed in Ancient Egypt were not of Arab descent; the modern republic's history begins with the Arab conquest, not before. One would not interchange the Anatolian civilizations of the Bronze Age with modern Turkey, for instance.

I thought I should point this out.

Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.201.164.215 (talk) 07:12, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Info box contradicts article

Many of the facts in the infobox on the top right contradict the artilce.125.239.70.225 (talk) 22:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC) ==

--76.196.245.24 (talk) 22:13, 4 November 2009 (UTC)Whats up Guys--76.196.245.24 (talk) 22:13, 4 November 2009 (UTC) Im here to teach you about egypt

Go ahead. --Sherif9282 (talk) 17:16, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

The Nile River

The Nile River is in Egypt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.22.200.32 (talk) 23:46, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Incredible indeed. --Sherif9282 (talk) 20:30, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

Not all of it. Si Trew (talk) 16:23, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

hi did you now eygpt was called the head of doom for being mystries legened has it that i f you touched a king without p ermission you hhhhave to di e for more informatoin go on gaia online and press regaster —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.114.99.154 (talk) 15:04, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Etymology

Thanks for this section, it is bizarre really as I lived in Cairo a couple of years but it only just occurred to me that I did not know how the word "Egypt" came to be. Two points:

• What are those "t3"s doing there? Is that intentional, or is it a transliteration error from e.g. Arabic or in IPA? It looks a bit odd and I don't understand what it is supposed to signify: and if I don't, then perhaps it needs to be made clearer?

• Is it worth mentioning that the word "gypsy" is derived from this, i.e. cross reference it? Perhaps on (I believe) the false assumption that "gypsies" (Romany of course) came from Egypt? It is mildly interesting because in Hungarian the same word exists, spelt "dzsipszi" and pronounced the same, and got into Hungarian from English – I imagine this is the same in other European languages, too.

Please don't take this as at all racist, I have several Romany friends, I am just interested in the etymology.

Best wishes Si Trew (talk) 12:59, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Recommended Edits

Environment of Egypt doesn't exist. Perhaps someone can gather information and create this article. I contributed and created Climate of Egypt; please contribute and create some articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramomammah (talk • contribs) 13:28, 30 November 2009 (UTC)