What is Upper Egypt?
Q: What is Upper Egypt?
A: Upper Egypt is a narrow strip of land on both sides of the Nile that extends from modern-day Aswan to the area south of modern-day Cairo.
Q: What is the northern part of Upper Egypt sometimes called?
A: The northern part of Upper Egypt, between El-Aiyat and Asyut, is sometimes called Middle Egypt.
Q: What was Upper Egypt known as in ancient times?
A: Upper Egypt was known as Ta Shemau which means "the land of reeds."
Q: How many districts were in Upper Egypt?
A: Upper Egypt was divided into twenty-two districts called nomes.
Q: Where was the first and last nome of Upper Egypt located?
A: The first nome was roughly where modern Aswan is and the twenty-second was at modern Atfih (Aphroditopolis), just to the south of Cairo.
Q: What was the administrative centre of Upper Egypt for most of pharaonic Egypt's history?
A: For most of pharaonic Egypt's history, Thebes was the administrative centre of Upper Egypt.
Q: What was the symbol of Upper Egypt?
A: Upper Egypt was represented by the tall White Crown Hedjet, and its symbol was the flowering lotus.
