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Excerpt from Universal History Americanised, or an Historical View of the World, From the Earliest Records to the Year 1808, Vol. 9 of 12: With a Particular Reference to the State of Society, Literature, Religion, and Form of Government, in the United States of America
Egypt is situated between the forty-eighth and fifty-third degree Of longitude, and the twenty-fourth and thirty-third degree of north latitude; its length from north to south, is near six hundred miles, and the breadth of its coast, on the Mediterranean, from east to west is about two hundred and ninety miles. This country is divided into upper, middle, and lower Egypt.
The first part, or that nearest the cataracts, was formerly embellished with a great number of superb cities, majestic temples, palaces, tombs, obelisks, and especially that famous city Thebes, celebrated for its astonishing population, its riches, and its edifices. Ancient authorities tell, that from each Of its hundred gates it could send out two hundred chariots, and ten thousand men. The ruins, still remaining, Of this great city, render what we are told Of it credible. Memphis, in the middle Egypt, without equalling Thebes, still exhibits to the eyes Of travellers magnificent remains. It is believed that the lower part of Egypt, named Delta, on account of its resemblance in figure to the Greek letter of that name, is a creation of the Nile, which by depositing its mud, has formed this accumulation of land.
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