Upper Egypt

[ uhp-er ee-jipt ]

noun

1. Egypt2

Upper Egypt

noun

1. one of the four main traditional administrative districts of Egypt: extends south from Cairo to the Sudan

Example Sentences

Metry is the son of farmers who raised animals and crops on a piece of land near Sohag in Upper Egypt, one of the few fertile spaces in a largely arid country.

From Washington Post

"This is the first site from such an early period in Western Thebes to be made accessible to visitors," the ministry statement quoted Fathi Yassin, General Director of Antiquities in Upper Egypt, as saying.

From Reuters

The vulture stood for Upper Egypt, for instance, and the cobra for Lower Egypt; both were included in the regalia of Tut, who presided over the united regions.

From Washington Post

Flanders chronicles the rise of alphabetization in the several millenniums after the alphabet’s birth in Upper Egypt in what our reviewer, Deirdre Mask, called an “original and impressive book.”

From New York Times

Aswan and the broader region of Upper Egypt have a long history of suffering official neglect.

From New York Times