Egypt Facts #1

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- Ancient Egyptians worshiped over 1,400 different gods and goddesses.

- The Statue of Liberty was intended for Egypt.

- 91% of Egypt's women aged 15 to 49 have been subjected to genital mutilation.

- Ancient Egyptians shaved off their eyebrows to mourn the death of their cats.

- The famous Egyptian pyramids were built by paid laborers, not slaves.

- 86% of people surveyed in Egypt are in favor of the death penalty as punishment for abandoning Islam.

- In the battle of Pelusium, (Persia versus Egypt) Persia knew the importance of cats to Egypt and rounded up as many of them as they could find and set them loose on the battlefield.

- Egypt only receives around 1 inch of rain per year.

- Approximately 95% of Egyptians live along the Nile River.

- In Ancient Egypt, killing a cat, (even accidentally) was punishable by death.



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