Christianity was the main religion in Egypt between the Fourth and Sixth Centuries. In the border between Egypt and Sudan, there areA woman in Egypt disguised herself as a man for 43 years in order to make a living for her daughter. Cleopatra was the first, in the dynasty of Greek rulers of Egypt, who could speak Egyptian. Anwar Sadat made Egypt the first arab nation to achieve peace with Israel in 1979. For this, Sadat won the Nobel Peace prize, Egypt was suspended from the Arab League and Sadat was assassinated. Many ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were overweight and unhealthy, in contrast to their typical depiction, due to a sugary diet of alcohol, bread and honey. The ancient Egyptians respected dwarfs, and did not see them as having a physical handicap. Granite blocks used for the King's chamber of the Great Pyramid, weighing as much as 60 to 80 tons each, were quarried nearly 500 miles away.