All about the Ancient Egyptians

By Bethan
 Fun Facts About Ancient Egypt
• Egyptian men and women wore makeup.
• They used moldy bread to help with
infections.
• They were one of the first civilisations to
invent writing.
 The Pyramids
• The pyramids were built as burial places and
monuments to the Pharaohs and their families.
• Egyptian pyramids are the most famous pyramids
in the world.
• Each stone block weighs
Approximately 2267.96
Kilograms (2.5 tons.)
Therefore the great pyramid of Khufu is
approximately 5,750,000 tons.
• Most pyramids are approximately 481 ft.
 Egyptian alphabet
• Egyptian hieroglyphs were the formal writing
system used in Ancient Egypt.
• After the Romans conquered Egypt in 30 BC,
the use of hieroglyphs declined, and
eventually their use died out.
 Egyptian gods
• Amun: King of the gods.
• Anubis: God of mummification.
• Horus: God of the sky.
• Ra: God of the sun.
• Thoth: God of knowledge.
• Osiris: God of death and afterlife.
• Isis: Goddess of protection and healing.
 Canopic jars
• Canopic jars are special jars that held the
organs of a mummy including the lungs,
intestines, liver and stomach.
• There was no jar for the heart because the
Egyptians believed it to be the seat of the
soul, and so it was left inside the body.
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