ANCIENT EGYPT

LOCATION OF ACIENT EGYPT

• Egypt is located in the continent of africa
• The nile flows north into the Mediterranean sea
• The nile was so important because it provided water and nutrients to grow crops

BURIAL COSTUMES

BURIAL COSTUMES

• They make mummies by taking the organs out
• Then they dry the body out with salt
• Then they wrap them in a special cloth
• Amd then the body goes into its casket

PYRAMIDS

• The Pyramids of Giza, built between 2589 and 2504 BC
• Servants and slaves built the pyramids
• There are 138 pyramids discovered in Egypt as of 2008

THE GREAT SPHINX

• The Sphinx of Giza is a symbol that has represented the essence of Egypt for thousands of years.
• It is located at the bank of the nile
• Servants and slaves built it
• Your fearful form is the work of the deathless gods. To spare the flat and fertile lands they placed you in your depression. A rocky island from which they banished the sand. They placed you as a neighbor to the pyramids...Who vigilantly watches the blessed Osiris

KING TUT

• King tut was a pharaoh in the 18th dynasty
• King tut is important today because people found his tomb and we now about him now
• He was nine or ten when he became ruler

ROSETTA STONE

• The rosetta stone was important because it unlocked the way to read hyrogliphics
• The rosetta stone is at a british muesium

QUEEN HATSHEPSUT

• She ruled during the 1478 BC
• She is important because she was the first women ruler

NEFERTITI

• Nefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten
• She lived from 1353 B.C. To 1336 B.C.

THE GREAT PYRAMID

• It was built to hold mummies and be a royal tomb
• It is 756 feet long on each side and 450 feet high
• Laborers built the pyramids

PAPYRUS

HIEROGLYPHICS

OLD KINGDOM

• The old kingdom was also called the pyramid age because most of the pyramids were made during this time
• They created an artistic style, a religion, and a system of government and trade network

MIDDLE KINGDOM

THE NEW KINGDOM

SOCIAL CLASS

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