The gardens of the ancient Egypt

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Graphical representation of the ancient Egyptian gardens can be found in necropolises belonging to Middle Kingdom age.
 
Commonly, they are represented as a natural extension of the house, in a regularly geometrical shape, subordinated to a water feature, a rectangular or T shape basin filled with fishes and decorated with water lotuses.
 
Small gardens had gazebos facing the basin and larger gardens had pergolas with compartments separated by vine or trellises or walls.
 
From simple designs and small shapes, Egyptian gardens have evolved to more complex designs laid on larger areas. The art of gardening from the age of the great Pharaohs (the New Kingdom XVII-IX century B.C.) enriches widely in design and with new plant species due to the expansion to the Euphrates river.
 
In the botanical garden of the Thutmose III along with the traditional sycamores, there were growing date palms, pomegranates, salt-cedar, poppies, mint and acacia. He also had a catalog with the species from his garden in the bas-reliefs found in one of the Karnak temple rooms.
 
During the 19th dynasty (Ramses I, Ramses II) funerary temple and divine temple gardens start to emerge. These gardens had as focal point a water channel ended in a large basin fit for navigation with small boats. Inside those palaces were luxury patio gardens, decorated with water basins, gazebos and pelican cages.
 
The persian and greek domination that followed (Alexander the great set the foundations of the New Hellenistic Egypt - VI century B.C.) brought new elements to the art of gardening and enriched the variety of the ornamental species.