Section of land between Lower Egypt and Upper Egypt
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Middle Egypt[1] (Arabic: مِصْر ٱلْوِسْطَى, romanized: Miṣr al-Wisṭā) is the section of land between Lower Egypt (the Nile Delta) and Upper Egypt, stretching upstream from Asyut in the south to Memphis in the north.[2] At the time, Ancient Egypt was divided into Lower and Upper Egypt, though Middle Egypt was technically a subdivision of Upper Egypt. It was not until the 19th century that archaeologists felt the need to divide Upper Egypt in two. As a result, they coined the term "Middle Egypt" for the stretch of river between Cairo and the Qena Bend.[3] It was also associated with a region termed "Heptanomis" (/hɛpˈtænəmɪs/; Greek: ἡ Επτανομίς, in Ptol. iv. 5. § 55; more properly Ἑπτὰ Νομοί or Ἑπταπολίς, in Dionysius Periegetes 251; and sometimes ἡ μεταζύ[γή]; meaning "Seven Nomes", a "nome" being a subdivision of ancient Egypt), generally as the district which separates the Thebaïd from the Delta.
Middle Egypt today can be identified as the part of the Nile Valley that, while geographically part of Upper Egypt, is culturally closer to Lower Egypt. For instance, in terms of language, the Egyptian Arabic of people in Beni Suef and northwards shares features with Cairene and particularly rural Delta Arabic rather than with the Sa'idi Arabic spoken further south, and are often not considered Sa'idis.
^Cappozzo, M. (2007). Il Cristianesimo nel Medio Egitto (in Italian). Todi, Italy: Tau Editore. ISBN 978-88-6244-010-3.
^Baines, John; Málek, Jaromír; Speake, Graham (2000). Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt. New York, the U.S.A.: Checkmark. Print
^Richardson, Dan; Jacobs, Daniel (2003). Rough guide to Egypt. London, the U.K.: Rough Guides. p. 295. ISBN 1-84353-050-3.
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