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There is no substitute to visiting the country of Egypt to get a sense of the natural environment in ancient times, but it is important to keep in mind that what we see today is a much manipulated landscape altered over many centuries. In recent times, the building of the Aswan dams has turned the Nile into a human‐controlled river, and also many other features seen today are artificial. Still, the basic features of the environment – the contrast between the fertile areas, where the vast majority of the population lives, and the deserts, which restrict access to Egypt – remain the same.