When the water receded, a very thin, evenly spread layer of black mud ... the flood soil was so rich. This narrow strip along the Nile, together with the delta at the river's northern mouth ...

The Nile River used to flood in the late summer every year. This flooding brought nutrient-rich soil and washed away accumulated salts in the soil, too. That's why Egyptian soil along the Nile River ...

The Ancient Egyptians called The Nile 'Ar' which meant black, because that was the colour of the soil and silt left behind after theflooding. Some years though the river didn't flood properly ...

Ancient Egyptians called their land "Kemet," which meant "black," after the black ... the desert meet the fertile silt-laden soils along the Nile—a river that provides a source of life for ...