Ancient Egypt

Pyramids▪There are about 138 pyramids in Egypt

▪These are some examples of where the pyramids are in Egypt

▪Giza

▪Abusir

▪Saqqarah

▪The pyramids are mostly made of lime stone, granite, clay, sand, and a specil type of mud

▪Pyramids are mostly made for Pharohs and Kings and Queens

▪The Pyramid that Tutankhmun is in is called the Valley of the Kings

Pharaoh▪Pharaohs usally became Pharaohs because they

were the oldest son of the Phoaraoh that had recently died

▪Another way that an Egyptian could become a Pharaoh was to assoicate with the god Horus

▪Most Pharaohs wore decorated sandals and large amounts of jewelry

▪Pharaohs also wore cloths made of linen and head peices called nemes

▪The linen showed that who ever wore it was wealthy

▪One of the Pharaohs responsibilties was keeping the order and defeat the enemies of the country

Burial Customs

▪ The preparation of the body, the magic rituals involved, and the grave goods provided were all parts of a proper Egyptian funeral.

▪Like pharaohs were put in there tombs with food jewls and anything that they thought would be nessacry for the after life.

Hieroglyphics

▪Hieroglyphics are like the alphabet but in Ancient Egypt

▪Hieroglyphics is how Egyptians wrote notes to each other, read things and soo much more.