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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt. Housing and the Sphinx of Giza. Farmers’ houses were build of. They were made out of sun dried bricks or out of a clay - daubed reed shelter. They had mostly one room, one door and no windows. Farmers’ Houses.

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Ancient Egypt

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  1. Ancient Egypt Housing and the Sphinx of Giza

  2. Farmers’ houses were build of They were made out of sun dried bricks or out of a clay-daubedreed shelter. They had mostly one room, one door and no windows.

  3. Farmers’ Houses They lived in small villages near atomb or afield. Sometimes they had a little courtyard where they kept animals. Often the whole family slept in one room.

  4. How the houses were build The houses were built out of sun dried bricks that were made out of mud and straw.

  5. How the houses look The houses were big. They had flat roofs. Some people sat on the roofs to watch the sunset.

  6. Classification Entrance to the house B Kitchen Servant houses Fountain Garden Cowshed Living Area Chapel Granary Entrance for Servant Gate house Main entrance

  7. The Sphinx of Giza A sphinx is a mythological figure, which looks like a lion with a human head. The most famous sphinx in Egypt is the Sphinx of Giza.

  8. The Sphinx of Giza is built around 2500 BC, by the Pharaoh Khafre. People believe that the Sphinx’s face is the face of Khafre. Ancient Egyptians put it in front of the pyramids to guard the tombs. It’s 70m long and 20m tall.

  9. If a person walks by, the Sphinx would ask them a riddle, if the person answers incorrectly, it would eat them; if they answered correctly, it would let them pass. A famous riddle is, “What has one voice, and yet goes from four legs, to two legs, to three legs?” The answer is a man.

  10. References Ancientworlds.net (2006) Styles of House in Ancient Egypt II. [online] Available at: http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Article/851900 [Accessed: 7 Nov 2012]. Egypt.mrdonn.org(n.d.) Ancient Egypt for Kids - Homes. [online] Available at: http://egypt.mrdonn.org/homes.html [Accessed: 7 Nov 2012]. En.wikipedia.org(1880) Great Sphinx of Giza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza [Accessed: 7 Nov 2012]. Library.thinkquest.org (2000) Ancient Egyptian Sphinx. [online] Available at: http://library.thinkquest.org/J002046F/egyptian_sphinx.htm [Accessed: 7 Nov 2012]. Mein-altaegypten.de (n.d.) Familie und Haus. [online] Available at: http://www.mein-altaegypten.de/internet/Alt_Aegypten_2/Volk/Familie.html [Accessed: 7 Nov 2012]. Unknown. (2012) THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE TRAVELING TO EGYPT. ArabAcedamy, [blog] 13. April, Available at: http://www.arabacademy.com/arabic-blog/category/egypt-travel/ [Accessed: 8. November 2012].

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