Egypt

Egypt
Location information
Location	Northeastern Africa/Western Asia
Permanent residents	Curse Breakers, including Bill Weasley Unidentified male Egyptian in the Weasleys' photograph (I) Unidentified male Egyptian in the Weasleys' photograph (II) Unidentified male Egyptian in the Weasleys' photograph (III) Hassan Mostafa Phoenixes Sphinxes
Affiliation	Egyptian National Quidditch team Egyptian Centre for Alchemical Studies

"We tried to shut Percy in a pyramid. But Mum spotted us."

— George Weasley

Egypt is a country in north-east Africa. The capital of Egypt is Cairo and the Nile River runs through the country. The main language is Arabic.

History

Egypt was the earliest place where magic had been recorded. During the times of ancient Egyptian society, wizards and witches were held in high esteem. Ancient Egyptian wizards had a tendency to place curses on tombs, which Gringotts Curse Breakers try to break.

In the year following the summer of 1899, during his tour of the world, Elphias Doge wrote to Albus Dumbledore of the experiments of the Egyptian alchemists, which Albus was unable to attend due to the death of his mother.

Bill Weasley worked in Egypt for several years as a Curse-Breaker. Molly and Arthur Weasley visited him there during the Christmas holidays in 1992. The entire Weasley family visited him there for a month in the summer of 1993 and also toured some of the Egyptian tombs after winning the Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw. One of the pyramids that the family toured was full of skeletons of Muggles who had broken in and had "grown extra heads and stuff".

Quidditch referee for the 1994 Quidditch World Cup Hassan Mostafa was from Egypt.

In 2002, Egypt defeated Bulgaria 450 to 300 at the 2002 Quidditch World Cup.

Magical education

Egyptian witches and wizards had the option to attend Uagadou as it accepted students from all over Africa.

Magical games and sports

Egypt had its own national Quidditch team.

Magical creatures

Native to Egypt

Erumpent

Fwooper

Nundu

Phoenix

Sphinx

Worldwide

The following creatures were all found worldwide:

Ashwinder

Bundimun

Chizpurfle

Clabbert

Fairy

Flobberworm

Ghoul

Kneazle

Merpeople

Mooncalf

Plimpy

Puffskein

Fire Dwelling Salamander

Streeler

Werewolf

Winged horse

Behind the scenes

• In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, during the Fiendfyre Frenzy level, a picture of a wizard in Egypt can be seen. He asks the player to cool him down.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance) (Appears in photographs)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
• Wonderbook: Book of Spells (Mentioned only) (Picture only)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Picture only)
• Pottermore (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter (website) (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned in History of Magic classes)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)
• The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac (Appears in photographs)