Ancient Egypt is a civilization.
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa , concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in the place which is now the country Egypt . It is one of six historic civilizations to arise independently . The success of ancient Egyptian civilization came partly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River valley for agriculture . Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of eastern North Africa , concentrated along the Northern reaches of the Nile River in Egypt .