About Ancient Egypt

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

        

 

       

 

       

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

         

       

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        For more information about life in Ancient Egypt visit these website :

http://www.swindsor.k12.ct.us/Schools/tems/ancientegypt.html

www.wsd1.org/earlgrey/Armstrong/Monique%20-%20Egypt.ppt

        The River Nile was the lifeblood of Ancient Egypt , overflowing every year & depositing a strip of  rich , black soil along each bank , so that farmers were able to produce a large supply of food from the fertile soil . The Nile also provided water for irrigation & was Egypt’s main transportation route.

       The best -known achievements of the ancient Egyptians , however are the pyramids , the tombs of their rulers , The dry climate has preserved these magnificent & gigantic stone structures for about 4,500 years .

           Egypt was the birthplace of one of the world’s first civilizations . It developed about 5,000 years ago in the valley of the River Nile and lasted for over 2,000years , one of the most durable civilizations in history .

            We knew so much about how the ancient Egyptian lived because they painted scenes of everyday life on the walls of the tombs of their kings . They also put the dead kings' possessions in the tombs : Their clothes , jewellery & furniture, & little models of their family & servants . They put food & drinks in the tombs as well because they believed that there was a life after death . To enjoy the next life , a man needed all the things he had on earth, including his body. So, they preserved the body by a process called mummification .

          The Ancient Egyptians achieved some amazing things , created the world’s first national government , developing a 365-day calendar , & inventing Hieroglyphics, the world's first system of writing . They also built great cities, where skilled architects , doctors , engineers, painters & sculptors worked ,& they invented papyrus .

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