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Egypt. Weather. “Cairo Slum”. Ancient Egypt. Location. The Sphinx’s Nose. The Nile. Hieroglyphics. Weather. Can you find out: What the hottest average temperature in Egypt is? What the coolest average temperature in Egypt is? What is the average rainfall?

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  1. Egypt Weather “Cairo Slum” Ancient Egypt Location The Sphinx’s Nose The Nile Hieroglyphics

  2. Weather • Can you find out: • What the hottest average temperature in Egypt is? • What the coolest average temperature in Egypt is? • What is the average rainfall? • How this compares to the rest of the world? • How this compares to the United Kingdom? • Why Egypt is so hot? • Talk to your partner: • Do you want to find out anything else? • What do you think it would be like to live in Egypt in August? You may want to use these web sites to help you: Click Click Click

  3. Ancient Egypt • Talk to your partner: • What would you like to find out about your Ancient Egypt topic? You may wish to look at the photographs on this page for ideas. • ________________________________________________________ • Use the internet to try and find answers to your questions, click on the photographs for some useful web sites if you need them. Next

  4. Ancient Egypt Helpful Website Can you correctly sort this Ancient Egyptian timeline? Early people settle in Nile Village. First hieroglyphic wall paintings created. Great Sphinx and Great Pyramid at Giza built. Many Egyptians farmed cattle and grew barley. Walled town and villages built. Royal tombs built at Valley of the Kings. Sails used on ships for the first time. Alexander the Great invades. King Tutankhamen buried. 6000 BC 5000 BC 4500 BC 3500 BC 3000 BC 2500 BC 1550 BC 1325 BC 332 BC Are you correct

  5. Ancient Egypt Did you get them right?

  6. The Sphinx’s Nose There are lots of rumours surrounding the missing nose of the Egyptian Sphinx. Some say it was used as target practice by Napoleon’s troops, some that it was destroyed when a pharaoh found his workers praying to the sphinx and many believe it simply eroded and fell off with time. Today, you are taking on the role of an explorer who has just created a time machine to take you back to Ancient Egypt. Can you find out what really happened to the Sphinx’s Nose?

  7. Hieroglyphics Hieroglyphs is made from two Greek words: hieros meaning holy glyphe meaning writing So hieroglyph means holy writing. Over 5000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians wrote things down using a picture writing called hieroglyphics. The people who did the actual writing were called scribes.  Make a cartouche: A cartouche is sort of like a nametag.  Ancient Egyptians made cartouches for kings, queens, and other high-ranking people in the kingdom.   Click the pyramid to write yours and your partner’s name in hieroglyphics ready to make your cartouche! Start

  8. “Cairo Slum” • Where is Cairo? • What is Cairo like? • What is the Cairo Slum like? • What might it be like to live in the Cairo Slum?

  9. Location Take a closer look! Where is Egypt? Plan a route

  10. The Nile Importance Facts History

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