畅游尼罗河谷(MICROSOF-1C06F7_2013-08-10 15-40-27).docVIP

The longest river in the world, the Nile, flows through the north-western area of Africa, and then into the Mediterranean Sea. 　　Great civilizations have always flourished alongside rivers, but the Egyptian civilization, which started on the Nile, is the most fascinating and mysterious in the history of mankind. 　　The Nile valley is a fertile one where there is an abundance of water and sun, elements which the ancient Egyptian believed were gods, they called the sun Amon and the Nile Apis. 　　Memphis was the first great capital of Egypt, united as a single kingdom in the third millennium B.