COSI’s Lost Egypt Exhibition

Author: Carli

I want to share some fun facts that we’ve learned along the way.
In no particular order:

• The population of Cairo is 18 million during the day, and 16 million at night (2 million commute into the city to work).
• 90% of Egypt is desert; 5% residential; 5% farmland
• Cairo is 1000 years old
• Islam was introduced to Egypt in 641 AD
• 90% of the country is Sunni Muslim
• Eucalyptus trees grow everywhere due to the similar climate to Australia
• Egyptian schools give students a grade based on a percentage of all subjects rather than an A, B, C, style system.
• Salaries increased based on multi-lingual abilities specifically English, French, and German
• The Nile runs north!
• The Sphinx faces east toward the sunrise.
• The Sphinx was cut from a single piece of limestone.

Amazing 5,000 Year Old Pottery