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'The Gift of the Nile' to the Ancient.
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'The Gift of the Nile' to the Ancient October 26, 2003 Herodotus quotes that "Egypt is the gift of the river". To one of non-Egyptian descendant, the Nile River is minimally known as the longest river in the world. However, The Nile referred to by the ancient Egyptians, as Iteru or The River was much more than just a large river in Egypt. To the Egyptians it was their life source and offered much more to them than just water and fertile land or Black Land. The River also had a bearing on their lifestyle, administration communication and transportation, building, crafts and decorative arts and religious beliefs and morality. The Nile River was extraordinarily imperative to the people of ancient Egypt. Whatever activity the ancient Egyptians partook in, it almost always embraced on the Nile and its annual flood. They consulted a yearly calendar consisting of three seasons:...
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