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Rivers of Life
Ancient Egypt
The River Nile is the only permanent river in the whole of Egypt, and its presence allowed an incredible civilization to rise out of the Sahara desert – the largest hot desert in the world. The Ancient Egyptians revered the Nile, even giving it its own God.
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