The Arab Republic of Egypt (Arabic: جمهورية مصر العربية), commonly known as Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and southeast, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west.
References in the Grand Theft Auto Series
3D Universe
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- The Camel's Toe casino and hotel in Las Venturas is themed around ancient Egypt, featuring elements such as an obelisk tower, a pyramid and a recreation of the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
- The song Egypt, Egypt by Egyptian Lover is featured on the Fresh FM radio station.
HD Universe
General
- The branding of the company Pharaoh Cosmetics is themed around ancient Egypt, featuring hieroglyphs and the Eye of Horus. The brand itself is named after the title of the dynastic ruler of ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh.
- The company's tagline also references the Nile river.
Grand Theft Auto IV
- Hossan Ramzy is Egyptian.
- Egyptian-themed gargoyles can be found around Liberty City, much like its real life equivalent of New York City.
- Madu from Luxor, Egypt, is a man with an account on Friendswithoutfaces.net.
- Beatrix Fontaine mentions Egypt on her radio show, The Séance.
- Ancient Egypt is mentioned in a radio advertisement for a mummification process. Terms such as sarcophagus and pharaoh are also used.
Grand Theft Auto V
- The Osiris is named after the Egyptian god of death and resurrection.
- At the Kortz Center, there is an exhibit called Pharaoh's Riches, which is mainly about the history of ancient dynasties in Egypt.
- The Luxor and Luxor Deluxe are named after the Egyptian city of the same name.
- One of the currencies listed on the www.iwillsurviveitall.com website is the Egyptian pound.
