Egypt is located in northeastern Lehigh County in the northwestern corner of Whitehall Township.

[4] Coplay Creek, a tributary of the Lehigh River, flows eastward through the southern part of the community.

[7] Early Pennsylvania German settlers of nearby present-day Lynn and Albany townships had named the area where they settled Alle mängel ("all deficiencies") due to the poor quality of the soil on which they were trying to farm and raise crops.

Dedicated on June 10, 1923, the centerpiece of the monument is the pressed copper sculpture, Spirit of the American Doughboy, by E. M. Viquesney.

[14] A granite marker, located just outside Egypt at Scheidy's Road and Spring Street in North Whitehall Township, commemorates the last Indian attack in Lehigh County, which occurred on October 8, 1763, when nine settlers were murdered.

[19] In addition to the Egypt Mills plant, Giant Portland operated six other cement mills in Egypt (Pennsylvania, Columbia, Giant #1 & #2, Central, and Reliance), and had an annual production capacity of 2.1 million barrels of cement.

[19] Giant Portland ceased production around 1929, and mills were either closed or sold to other companies operating in the area.

Today, cement production remains an important part of the local economy, and plants in the area are operated by Nazareth-based ESSROC, a subsidiary of the Italian firm Italcementi, and the French company Lafarge.

The Phillies came to entice Curt Simmons, then a 17-year-old Whitehall High School pitcher from Main Street in Egypt, to play for them.