Egyptians and Assyrians~Chaldeans Syrians... Mobile-friendly · Egyptians~Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptians are an ethnic group and the citizens of Egypt sharing a common culture and a variety of Arabic. Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to the Mediterranean and enclosed by desert both to the east and to the west. This unique geography has been the basis of the development of Egyptian …