id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-6564 Upper Egypt - Wikipedia .html text/html 2635 468 72 Map of Upper Egypt showing important sites that were occupied during Naqada III (clickable map) Upper Egypt (Arabic: صعيد مصر‎ Ṣaʿīd Miṣr, shortened to الصعيد Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [es.sˤe.ˈʕiːd], locally: [es.sˤɑ.ˈʕiːd], Coptic: ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ) is the southern portion of Ancient Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend downriver between Nubia and Lower Egypt in the north. Periods and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt After unification of the two kingdoms, the patron deities of both Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt were represented together as the Two Ladies, to protect all of the ancient Egyptians, just as the two crowns became united throughout the dynasties that followed. List of rulers of prehistoric Upper Egypt[edit] Upper and Lower Egypt The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: History, Archaeology and Society. Media related to Upper Egypt at Wikimedia Commons ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-6564.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-6564.txt