Egypt Natural Resources List. Other natural gas fields are located in the western desert the delta the mediterranean shelf and the gulf of suez and by the early 21st century natural gas production had begun to rival that of oil both as a source for domestic consumption and as a commodity for export. This usually gave surpluses of grain cotton and papyrus to utilize in trade.
In addition to the agricultural capacity of the nile valley and delta egypt s natural resources include petroleum natural gas phosphates and iron ore. Copper was the main metal used in ancient egypt. Western desert eastern desert sinai peninsula nile valley and nile delta.
White limestone came from quarries near memphis quartzite from gebel el ahmar and sandstone from gebel es silsila.
Embalmers used salts from the wadi natrun for mummification which also provided the gypsum needed to make plaster. Other natural gas fields are located in the western desert the delta the mediterranean shelf and the gulf of suez and by the early 21st century natural gas production had begun to rival that of oil both as a source for domestic consumption and as a commodity for export. Embalmers used salts from the wadi natrun for mummification which also provided the gypsum needed to make plaster. This chapter presents an overview of the land water and human resources in egypt.
