The earliest process of making paper was done almost 5,000 years ago in Egypt and the Nile Valley.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

Again, I want to say it's the because in Egypt the whole Nile Valley-- because I think of the nature of the Nile Valley-- became totally centralized, under the rule of one man, the Pharaoh, and he commanded the whole thing.

我想强调的是,由于在埃及的整个尼罗河流域,当然,我认为尼罗河流域的政权性质,是完全集权化的,法老是唯一的统治者,并且他控制着所有事物

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

His tomb is in the Valley of the Kings on the west side of the Nile River at Luxor.

VOA: special.2009.12.15