EGYPT:
A GREAT PLACE FOR WORK…AND ESTUDY
Description: Cairo, Africa's most populated city, has 16 million inhabitants. It may be the world's only city with monuments dating back to four different historical periods- the Pharaonic, the Roman, the Christian and the Islamic. An overwhelmingly exotic mix of ancient and modern worlds, this city offers an incredible array of culture, leisure, shopping and nightlife. All the bounty of the East is here, in particular, the spices, perfumes, gold, silver, carpets, leather work, glass and mashrabiya. The city comes alive at night, which is the best time to shop, eat delicious Middle Eastern cuisine, or simply watch the world go by from a pavement cafe. You can dine in a floating restaurant on the Nile, sample an apple flavored shisha water pipe at a coffeeshop or see asian dancers and cabarets. Only about 6 miles outside of Cairo are the Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza.
Cairo-Arabic School Facilities: Located close to the center of the city. The school has a library and internet center as well as a cafeteria that offers hot drinks, soft drinks, fresh juices, snacks and hot meals. Capacity is 70 students/day.
Questions:
Q: What are the prospects when one has graduates as an Egyptologist?
A: There is a lot of work to be done by Egyptologists. Unfortunately, many people and even universities consider Egyptology as a non-productive science, so there is not always enough money to pay for this research. Many people with the grade of Egyptologist will not make a career as an Egyptologist.
Q: Where can I learn to speak ancient Egyptian?
A: You can not speak ancient Egyptian. First of all, this language has been dead for some 1500 years already. Secondly, the Ancient Egyptians did not write any vowels, just consonants, so we do not know what their language sounded like. In addition, their language is bound to have evolved a lot in its more than 3000 year long recorded history. It is unlikely that an Egyptian from 3000 BC would have understood an Egyptian from 300 BC. There are also bound to have been regional differences in the pronunciation, a bit like dialects. An ancient Egyptian living in Memphis might have had a hard time trying to talk to someone coming from Elephantine.
Q: What language is spoken in Egypt nowadays?
A: The language currently used in Egypt is Arabic. If you wish to learn to speak with modern-day Egyptians, you should learn Arabic. This is, however, out of the scope of this site.
A GREAT PLACE FOR WORK…AND ESTUDY
Description: Cairo, Africa's most populated city, has 16 million inhabitants. It may be the world's only city with monuments dating back to four different historical periods- the Pharaonic, the Roman, the Christian and the Islamic. An overwhelmingly exotic mix of ancient and modern worlds, this city offers an incredible array of culture, leisure, shopping and nightlife. All the bounty of the East is here, in particular, the spices, perfumes, gold, silver, carpets, leather work, glass and mashrabiya. The city comes alive at night, which is the best time to shop, eat delicious Middle Eastern cuisine, or simply watch the world go by from a pavement cafe. You can dine in a floating restaurant on the Nile, sample an apple flavored shisha water pipe at a coffeeshop or see asian dancers and cabarets. Only about 6 miles outside of Cairo are the Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza.
Cairo-Arabic School Facilities: Located close to the center of the city. The school has a library and internet center as well as a cafeteria that offers hot drinks, soft drinks, fresh juices, snacks and hot meals. Capacity is 70 students/day.
Questions:
Q: What are the prospects when one has graduates as an Egyptologist?
A: There is a lot of work to be done by Egyptologists. Unfortunately, many people and even universities consider Egyptology as a non-productive science, so there is not always enough money to pay for this research. Many people with the grade of Egyptologist will not make a career as an Egyptologist.
Q: Where can I learn to speak ancient Egyptian?
A: You can not speak ancient Egyptian. First of all, this language has been dead for some 1500 years already. Secondly, the Ancient Egyptians did not write any vowels, just consonants, so we do not know what their language sounded like. In addition, their language is bound to have evolved a lot in its more than 3000 year long recorded history. It is unlikely that an Egyptian from 3000 BC would have understood an Egyptian from 300 BC. There are also bound to have been regional differences in the pronunciation, a bit like dialects. An ancient Egyptian living in Memphis might have had a hard time trying to talk to someone coming from Elephantine.
Q: What language is spoken in Egypt nowadays?
A: The language currently used in Egypt is Arabic. If you wish to learn to speak with modern-day Egyptians, you should learn Arabic. This is, however, out of the scope of this site.
