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ancient egypt. By lina and mia. The pharohs. Tutankhamun was Lucky because the grave robbers didn’t find his tomb. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/countries-places/egypt/tombs-of-ancient-egypt/. the river nile !.
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ancient egypt By lina and mia
The pharohs • Tutankhamun was Lucky because the grave robbers didn’t find his tomb. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/countries-places/egypt/tombs-of-ancient-egypt/
the river nile! • The river nile is the longest river in the world. • A large river called the River Nile flows through the country into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile enters Egypt from the Sudan and flows north for about 1545 km (about 960 m) to the sea
the pyramids • Why did the Ancient Egyptians build pyramids? • The Egyptians believed that if the pharaoh's body could be mummified after death the pharaoh would live forever. The tombs were designed to protect the buried Pharaoh's body and his belongings
hieroglyphs Hieroglyphs are the type of letters egyptians used.
mummies • Egyptian Mummies • It was very important to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs that the human body was preserved. A method of artificial preservation, called mummification was developed by the ancient Egyptians. Mummification was a complicated and lengthy process which lasted up to 70 days
farming • facts about ancient egypt for kids Facts about Egypt today ... information on ancient egypt for childrenAncient Egyptian Farming • Click here to find out about shaduf • The people of ancient Egypt grew everything they needed to eat. • Who were the farmers in Ancient Egypt? • The pharaoh got the rich peasants to do the farm work on the rich lands. • Most villagers were farmers. Farmers lived in towns too, along with craftworkers, traders and other workers and their families.
Rosetta stone • Why is it called the Rosetta Stone? • The Rosetta Stone is named after the town it was discovered in, a town called Rosetta, on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt
clothes • What is Linen? • Linen is made from the fibres of the flax plant which the Egyptians grew.
Egyptian gods • There were over 2,000 names of gods in Ancient Egypt. • Some images of Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses show them with a human body and the head of a bird or an animal. • Animals were chosen to represent the powers of the god