Beautifully illustrated with four-color illustrations as well as historical and contemporary maps, this historical atlas provides a comprehensive look at Egypt from its origins to the present-day. Students will learn about Egypt's distinctive geography and how it dictated the civilization's rich future, about the birth of Egyptology, and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen. This book provides information on well-known Egyptian leaders such as Hosni Mubarak, the building of the Suez Canal, Egyptian lands under British control, and the nation's rise to sovereignty in 1952.