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Egypt, the Gift of the Nile
The Egyptian pavilion at EXPO Zaragoza 2008 has as its main theme: the River Nile. Flowing from the barren desert, its source "beyond all known horizons", every summer swelling with the flood when all other rivers were drying up, the River Nile remained a mystery for the Ancient Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans throughout the Middle Ages and later in the 19th century.
Waters of the River Nile supported some of the earliest agricultural communities in the world. Throughout history, the fertile soil granted to Egypt thanks to the River Nile and its life-giving water allowed agriculture to bring about Egypt's prosperity and power. Collaborative effort necessary to control distribution of the Nile water by building dams, reservoirs, and canals was instrumental in the creation of organized human society.
This message is represented in the Egyptian pavilion by the model of the Nile, featuring real water, plants and rocks indigenous to the Nile valley. The visuals are taken directly from the Ancient Egyptian art. The views of Egypt produced by first travelers to Egypt who visited the country in the 19th century compliment the Nile model and the Nile images.
The story-line shows the Nile as seen in the eyes of many generations of Egyptians throughout the millennia of the country's history, as well as quotations from the Bible and the Quran that symbolize the two religions practiced in Egypt. Last, but not least, the highlight of the Egyptian show will be some genuine ancient Egyptian objects on display that will come to Zaragoza from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
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