Egypt

**//E//** g y p t __ //Egypt Economy // __ **// Egypt Geography Egypt Culture //**  The Egyptian Flag The Egyptian flag consists of three stripes, the top is red, the middle stripe is white with an eagle in the middle, and the bottom stripe is black. The red represents the historical period before the revolution when the King was overtaken by a couple of army officers. The white represents the revolution of 1952, and the black stands for the end of the cruelty faced by the Egyptians from the Egyptian Monarchy and British Colonialism. __ Egypt Timeline __ 1517-Ottoman Turks ruled Egypt 1798-Napolean Bonaparte Invaded Egypt

1799-The Rosetta Stone was found

1822-The Hieroglyphs were deciphered

1859-1869 Suez Canal built, Egyptologist began to formally excavate Egypt

1922-The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered by Howard Carter

1953-Egypt became independent

1960-Aswan High Dam was built.